Method of making soft ice-drink and apparatus of making the same
US4786002A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 9, 1987 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S241/17
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus of making a soft ice-drink comprises a mixing mechanism including a container containing a liquid material such as syrup and into which shaved ice pieces are discharged, rotary blades, rotatably supported within the container, for mixing together the liquid material and shaved ice pieces and smashing the shaved ice pieces into granules of ice, and a drive motor for rotating the rotary blades at high speeds, and an ice shaving mechanism, disposed on an apparatus bed and above the mixing mechanism, including a shaver casing having a slit to which a shaving blade is exposed and a shaved ice dischage chute opened to above the container, and rotatable blades, provided within the shaver casing, for cooperating with the shaving blade to shave ice blocks charged into the shaver casing.
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