Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
062342000 | With means for working congealing material, e.g., beater | 20 |
20080236186 | MEDICAL ICE SLURRY PRODUCTION DEVICE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing sterile ice slurries for medical cooling applications. The apparatus is capable of producing highly loaded slurries suitable for delivery to targeted internal organs of a patient, such as the brain, heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, pancreas, and others, through medical size diameter tubing. The ice slurry production apparatus includes a slurry production reservoir adapted to contain a volume of a saline solution. A flexible membrane crystallization surface is provided within the slurry production reservoir. The crystallization surface is chilled to a temperature below a freezing point of the saline solution within the reservoir such that ice particles form on the crystallization surface. A deflector in the form of a reciprocating member is provided for periodically distorting the crystallization surface and dislodging the ice particles which form on the crystallization surface. Using reservoir mixing the slurry is conditioned for easy pumping directly out of the production reservoir via medical tubing or delivery through other means such as squeeze bottles, squeeze bags, hypodermic syringes, manual hand delivery, and the like. | 10-02-2008 |
20080282723 | Simplified Ice-Cream Maker - The invention relates to an ice-cream maker comprising a blade (30 | 11-20-2008 |
20090133429 | Method and Control of a Thermic Processing Unit and Thermic Processing Unit - There is disclosed a method for controlling an ice cream freezer where a scraper shaft is driven with variable rotational speed for providing a desired working of an ice cream. Moreover, there is disclosed an ice cream freezer that may utilize such a control and which has means enabling control according to the above principle. | 05-28-2009 |
20090139257 | Machine for making and dispensing frozen food products such as crushed-ice drinks, sorbets and the like - A machine for making and dispensing frozen food products such as crushed-ice drinks, sorbets and the like comprises a tank ( | 06-04-2009 |
20100147010 | HEAT EXCHANGER DEVICE FOR TREATING LIQUID FOOD MIXTURES - A heat exchanger device for treating liquid food mixtures comprises a cylindrical chamber ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100236272 | ICE MAKING DEVICE - There is provided an ice making device in which any fluctuation in the amount of ice to be scraped off is nullified so that lump-shaped ice is prevented from being produced and damage to the scraper is prevented. In the ice making device configured in such a way that salt water that flows through a space between an inner pipe and a rotating cylinder is cooled by a cooling medium via the inner pipe so that ice is produced on the inner surface of the inner pipe, and the produced ice is scraped off by an edge portion of the scraper so that sherbet ice is produced, the scraper is provided with a scraper main body that is disposed on the outer surface of the rotating cylinder and pivotally supported by a center axle thereof, as a pivotal center, that is in parallel with the center axis of the rotating cylinder and a scraper weighted body that is formed of a material having a specific gravity larger than that of the scraper main body and mounted in the scraper main body in such a way as to be situated between the pivotal center of the scraper and the edge portion. | 09-23-2010 |
20120031137 | FROZEN BEVERAGE DEVICE - A frozen beverage device has a container and sealable cover to convert a liquid, such as a non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverage into an at least semi-frozen slurry containing ice crystals. Freezing devices, which may have a range of shapes, contain refrigerant to form a thin layer of ice/ice crystals on the deformable walls of the freezing devices, the ice crystals being released therefrom due to agitation of the liquid by shaking/rotation and/or squeezing on the container and/or cover. | 02-09-2012 |
20120055189 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER FOR PARTIALLY FROZEN BEVERAGES WITH AN IMPROVED DRIVE AND SEALING SYSTEM - A beverage dispenser for partially frozen beverages includes at least one bowl for storing a beverage product, with a freezing cylinder positioned in the bowl and housing evaporator coils. The beverage dispenser further includes a cooling system for supplying a cooling medium through the evaporator coils to cool the beverage product when stored in the bowl. The beverage dispenser further includes a dispenser assembly for dispensing the beverage product from the bowl. Finally, the beverage dispenser includes an auger which rotates about the freezing cylinder, the auger including a first end positioned near a front of the beverage dispenser and a second end positioned near a rear of the beverage dispenser. The auger has a ring gear positioned at its second end, and a drive system that includes a belt and pulley arrangement rotates the auger by driving the ring gear. | 03-08-2012 |
20120234035 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCTS SUCH AS ICE CREAMS, GRANITA OR FROZEN BEVERAGES - A machine for producing products such as ice cream, frozen beverages or granita. An example of the machine comprises a tank with a tap for dispensing a product. A cylinder with a substantially horizontal axis projects from a rear wall inside the tank. The cylinder forms the evaporator of a refrigerating circuit. A mixer element around the cylinder rotates coaxially with the cylinder axis. A motor unit is connected to the mixer element via a drive shaft passing along the axis of the cylinder. The drive shaft connects to the mixer element at one end of the cylinder opposite the rear wall. The motor unit comprises a final reduction stage in alignment with the cylinder axis, a motor arranged at an angle with respect to the cylinder axis and substantially parallel to the rear wall, and an angular drive between the final reduction stage and the motor. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240611 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING A FOOD PRODUCT - An apparatus comprises a reservoir ( | 09-27-2012 |
20130098098 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCING AND DISPENSING PRODUCTS SUCH AS ICE CREAMS, GRANITA OR FROZEN BEVERAGES - A machine for producing products such as ice cream, frozen beverages or granita comprises a product container which is provided with a tap for dispensing the product. A cylinder with a substantially horizontal axis, which forms the evaporator of a refrigerating circuit of the machine for cooling the product in the container, projects from a rear wall into the container. A mixer element is present around the cylinder and rotates coaxially with the axis of the cylinder by means of a motor unit connected to the mixer element by means of a drive shaft which passes along the axis of the cylinder and which is connected to the mixer element at one end of the cylinder which is opposite to the said rear wall. The motor unit is at least partially housed inside the cylinder through the said rear wall, so as to reduce the overall dimensions of the machine. | 04-25-2013 |
20130327079 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a body having a storage chamber; a door selectively opening or closing the storage chamber; a cooling device including: a case of which a front surface is open and mounted at a side in the storage chamber; an agitating assembly that is swingably disposed in the case; a cover that is rotatably mounted on the case to open or close the front surface of the case; and a driving assembly that is mounted on the case and an underside of the agitating assembly to generates a driving force for swinging the agitating assembly; and a refrigeration cycle for producing cold air to be supplied to the storage chamber and the cooling device, wherein the cooling device further includes a starting torque supply mechanism supplying mechanical or electric energy to the agitating assembly, such that the agitating assembly in a stopped state start swinging. | 12-12-2013 |
20130327080 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER FOR PARTIALLY FROZEN BEVERAGES WITH AN IMPROVED DRIVE AND SEALING SYSTEM - A beverage dispenser for partially frozen beverages includes at least one bowl for storing a beverage product, with a freezing cylinder positioned in the bowl. The beverage dispenser further includes a cooling system for supplying a cooling medium to the freezing cylinder to cool the beverage product when stored in the bowl, along with a dispenser assembly for dispensing the beverage product from the bowl. The beverage dispenser includes an auger which rotates about the freezing cylinder. A driven hub is positioned on and rotates with respect to the freezing cylinder, and the driven hub engages a rear end portion of the auger. A driver hub is positioned inside of the freezing cylinder and is magnetically coupled to the driven hub, such that rotation of the driver hub causes a corresponding rotation of the driven hub, and thus, rotation of the auger. | 12-12-2013 |
20130340463 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided, including a body having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment positioned under the refrigerator compartment and separated by a mullion, and a cooling device provided at a lower portion of the refrigerator compartment, with a cold air passage guiding cold air to the cooling device. The cooling device may include a case having an open front surface, an agitating assembly disposed in the case and swinging about a rotational axis that is parallel with a longitudinal direction of the case, an agitating mechanism electrically or mechanically connected with the agitating assembly to swing the agitating assembly, a fan motor assembly mounted at a rear end of the case and supplying cold air into the case, and a cover selectively opening or closing the opened front surface of the case. An intake port and a discharge port of the cold air passage communicate with the freezer compartment. | 12-26-2013 |
20140000302 | STIRRER OF A MACHINE FOR MAKING AND DISPENSING ICE CREAM PRODUCTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140102128 | BATCH-FREEZER MACHINE FOR PRODUCING ICE-CREAM AND SIMILAR - A batch-freezer machine for producing ice-cream. The machine includes an external casing; a substantially cylindrical-shaped processing tank extending inside the casing from the front wall of said casing, while remaining coaxial to a substantially horizontal reference axis; a front closing hatch structured to close the opening of the processing tank in a fluid-tight manner; and a rotating mixing member housed in an inside the processing tank and structured to blend/mix the semi-solid mixture that forms inside the processing tank. The mixing member is provided with a centrifugal impeller which faces the inner face of the hatch, and is structured so as to be able to push/eject the semi-solid mixture located at the center of the opening of the processing tank towards the internal cylindrical lateral surface of the processing tank when the mixing member rotates inside the processing tank. | 04-17-2014 |
20140318172 | COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR CHILLING OR FREEZING LIQUID INGREDIENTS - Cooling assemblies having a sealable cooling chamber formed as the interior volume of a curved or spherical outer container and a sealable inner canister are disclosed. The outer container may be provided as a multi-layer container having an external elastomeric shell. The external elastomeric shell may have an inner framework including a plurality of longitudinal ribs and a reinforcing wall. A movable flap adjustable between a projecting condition in which the flap extends from the exterior surface of the outer container and a closed position in which the flap doesn't project may be provided for supporting the cooling assembly in a stationary condition and the flap may be used as a handle for opening a lid. | 10-30-2014 |
20160201978 | A REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING AN ICE CREAM MAKING DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |
20170234594 | Ice Maker with a Threaded Connection Between a Motor Shaft and an Auger | 08-17-2017 |
20170234595 | Ice Maker with a Radial and Thrust Bearing | 08-17-2017 |