ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,539, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Lowtemp Industries LLC (Arvada, Colo.).
"Dispensing portioner" was invented by Levi Garrett Lanzrath (Lakewood, Colo.) and Jack Camins (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portion dispensing system including a portioner configured with a controller. The portioner includes a piston configured to move within a container and force product in the container out of a nozzle opening. The controller controls the piston to dispense an input product weight and can detect the weight of dispensed product. The controller can adjust the piston to provide different weights of dispensed product and can pro...