| 摘要 |
Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product, such as hard ice cream, comprising an insulated housing having a refrigerated chamber therein and a receptacle in the chamber for holding a supply of food product under refrigeration. The receptacle has an open upper end to permit loading of food product into the receptacle and a lower end. The apparatus further comprises a cutting apparatus adjacent the lower end of the receptacle for cutting food product from the supply, a conveyer mechanism in the chamber generally below the cutting apparatus for receiving food product cut from the supply and for conveying the food product from the chamber, a scoop member for receiving food product conveyed by the conveyer mechanism from the chamber and for dispensing a predetermined quantity of food product, and a sensing mechanism for sensing the extent to which food product becomes packed in the scoop member as it is conveyed to the scoop member and for effecting stoppage of the delivery of food product to the scoop member when the scoop member becomes packed to a predetermined extent. |
