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Apparatus of making soft ice-drink

US4745773A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 1987
Grant dateMay 24, 1988
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S366/601
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus of making a soft ice-drink comprises an ice mechanism, disposed on an apparatus bed, including a shaver casing having a slit to which a shaving blade is exposed and a shaved ice discharge chute, rotatable blades, provided within the shaver casing, for cooperating with the shaving blade to shave ice blocks charged into the shaver casing, and a first drive motor for rotating the rotatable blades, a mixing mechanism, disposed on the apparatus bed and under the ice shaving mechanism, including rotary blades, rotatably supported within a container disposed beneath the shaved ice discharge chute, for mixing together a liquid material such as a syrup present within the container and shaved ice pieces discharged into the container and smashing the shaved ice pieces into granules of ice, and a second drive motor for rotating the rotary blades at high speeds, and a control circuit for controlling operations of the first and second drive motors.

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