Apparatus for delivering frozen confection comprising particulate material

US11259542B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Varkey Berty Jacob · Bedford, GB
• Frederick Jethro Harrison · Cambridge, GB
• Mark Pawulski · Buckingham, GB
• Paul Robert Scott · Grafton, GB
• Andrew Julian Stockdale · Haslingfield, GB
• Benjamin John Strutt · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2022
• Expiry date: May 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G9/48
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for delivering particulate material to a frozen confectionery material to provide a single serving to a consumer. The apparatus comprises a chamber for storing the particulate material, and a supply of frozen confectionery. The chamber has an open exit, wherein the chamber is adapted to be rotatable in use such that the open exit follows a pathway having both an upper region and a lower region, and arranged to pass through the lower region at a non-zero speed a plurality of times during a single serving. The open exit is sized to allow a portion of stored particulate material to fall out of the chamber via the open exit under gravity each time the open exit passes through the lower region of the pathway. The apparatus also is arranged to bring particulate material that has left the chamber into contact with the supply of frozen confectionery.