ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,603, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Apparatus for depositing" was invented by Adam Lee Baldwin (York, Great Britain), Richard John Leadbeater (York, Great Britain) and Jonathan Sutton (York, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for depositing a food product comprising a nozzle having a pressurised chamber and a food product outlet; a valve needle movable relative between a closed position and to one of a plurality of discrete open positions; and an actuator configured to set the position of the valve needle relative to the outlet, wherein the nozzle is fur...