Machine for producing and dispensing ice cream frappes or shakes

• US 20070116804A1
• Filed: 11/21/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ali SPA (Bessemer Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Ali SPA (Bessemer Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Zaniboni, Gianni, Cocchi, Gino
• Application Number:
  US11/602,218
• Publication Number:
  US 20070116804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/100
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/045 of slush-ice, e.g. semi-frozen beverage
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 9/282 for dispensing multi-flavour ice-creams

Abstract

A machine for producing and dispensing ice cream frappés or shakes comprises a unit for producing neutral ice cream and a unit for mixing the neutral ice cream with a flavoring syrup; the mixing unit consists of a cylindrical chamber leading into a truncated cone-shaped chamber with a rotor which whips and mixes the neutral ice cream with the flavoring syrup; a piston slides in the cylindrical chamber, dosing the ice cream and the syrup, which is fed into the cylindrical chamber by feed means comprising a syrup container, a hose, a peristaltic pump acting along the hose and a lip valve; the hose and the peristaltic pump being positioned in the machine base.

Claims

1. A machine for producing and dispensing ice cream frappé

s or shakes, comprising;

a unit for producing neutral ice cream,

feed means for at least one flavoring syrup comprising a syrup container,

a hose and valve means,

the machine also comprising a unit for mixing the ice cream with the syrup,

wherein the feed means comprise a peristaltic pump along the hose.

2. The machine according to claim 1, wherein the valve means consist of a lip valve.

3. The machine according to claim 2, wherein the mixing unit comprises a chamber for receiving the neutral ice cream and the syrup, a mixing chamber and a piston for feeding doses from the receiving chamber to the mixing chamber, wherein the lip valve is inserted between the hose and the receiving chamber.

4. The machine according to claim 1 wherein the container, the hose and the peristaltic pump are positioned in a machine base.

17. The machine according to claim 2, wherein the container, the hose and the peristaltic pump are positioned in a machine base.

18. The machine according to claim 3, wherein the container, the hose and the peristaltic pump are positioned in a machine base.

5. A machine for producing and dispensing ice cream frappé

s, comprising;

a unit for producing neutral ice cream,

means for feeding at least one flavoring syrup comprising a syrup container,

a hose and valve means,

the machine also comprising a unit for mixing the ice cream with the syrup, made in a block or door,

wherein the feed means for each syrup comprise a peristaltic pump along the hose, acting on the hose, and a lip valve;

the hose, peristaltic pump and lip valve being positioned on the same side relative to the mixing unit.

6. The machine according to claim 5, wherein the valve means are contained in a box-shaped body integral with a front wall of the base and are connected to respective hoses in the base at the wall.

7. The machine according to claim 6, wherein the box-shaped body is inserted between the wall and the lower end of the door.

8. The machine according to claim 7, wherein the block or door is mounted in a removable way on the wall so as to make the inlet of the cylindrical body and the box-shaped body containing the valve means accessible.

9. The machine according to claim 8, wherein the block is mounted so that it is integral with the front wall.

10. The machine according to claim 9, wherein the door, the valve means and the box-shaped body are made of a transparent material.

11. The machine according to claim 10, wherein the front wall comprises an electric heating element for heating the wall.

12. The machine according to claim 5, wherein the box-shaped body is inserted between the wall and the lower end of the door.

13. The machine according to claim 5, wherein the block or door is mounted in a removable way on the wall so as to make the inlet of the cylindrical body and the box-shaped body containing the valve means accessible.

14. The machine according to claim 5, wherein the block is mounted so that it is integral with the front wall.

15. The machine according to claim 5, wherein the door, the valve means and the box-shaped body are made of a transparent material.

16. The machine according to claim 5, wherein the front wall comprises an electric heating element for heating the wall.