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An apparatus and method for dispensing individual orders of a hot food product. The apparatus is designed to use a food product provided in a dehydrated form, such food product being readily reconstituted by the addition of a liquid. The apparatus includes a mechanism for delivering an amount of deh

An apparatus and method for dispensing individual orders of a hot food product. The apparatus is designed to use a food product provided in a dehydrated form, such food product being readily reconstituted by the addition of a liquid. The apparatus includes a mechanism for delivering an amount of dehydrated food product corresponding to the size of an individual order, a chamber and system for rehydrating the product, a mechanism for cutting rehydrated product forced out of the chamber, a cooking device for the severed product, and a conveyor for deliverying cooked product. The invention further provides a lever that combines a closure for a carrier of dehydrated product with a shower head for furnishing water for reconstituting the product, and provides a device for cooking and for conveying rehydrated product.

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An apparatus for dispensing individual orders of a hot food product comprising: storage means for storing a supply of food product to be dispensed and having an outlet; supply means for transferring an amount of food product corresponding to the size of an individual order from the storage means to

An apparatus for dispensing individual orders of a hot food product comprising: storage means for storing a supply of food product to be dispensed and having an outlet; supply means for transferring an amount of food product corresponding to the size of an individual order from the storage means to mixing chamber means; mixing chamber means having an inlet at an upper end thereof for receiving food product to be mixed and an outlet at a lower end thereof for dispensing mixed food product; liquid dispensing means for adding a predetermined amount of liquid to said mixing chamber means to thereby provide a mixed food product; dispensing means for forcing the mixed food product out of the outlet of said mixing chamber means; cutting means disposed adjacent the outlet of said mixing chamber means for cutting off a portion of the food product forced out of said mixing chamber means; heating means for receiving and for heating the cut off food product; conveyor means including a belt conveyor for removing heated food product from the heating means and for conveying the heated food product towards an outlet of said apparatus; and control means for controlling the operation of said apparatus.