Apparatus for producing soft serve dairy products, in particular yogurt
US4956980A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 30, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23G9/224
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for producing soft serve dairy products, especially yogurt, and comprising a freeze barrel having an inlet spaced about one-fourth of the barrel length from a rear end wall of the freeze barrel, and a beater shaft assembly which includes a square shaft, at least four blade elements mounted on the four faces of the square shaft, respectively, and four pairs of spaced pins projecting a successively radially from the four faces of the square shaft for supporting the four blade elements, respectively, on the shaft and arranged along the shaft with a first pin of the first pair of pins being located about halfway between the rear end wall of the barrel and the barrel inlet and with a first pin of each successive pair of pins except the second pair of pins being spaced slightly beyond a second pin of a preceding pair of pins in a direction toward the front end wall of the freeze barrel.
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