Mixer tool for an ice-cream maker
US5106199A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F27/1122
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A mixer tool (8) for an ice-cream maker is provided which is insertable centrally into a cylindrical container (1) of the ice-cream maker and is operable there in rotation and which has at least one scraper (12, 13) projecting from a central shaft (6) and acting with the walls of cold cartridge 3 through its scraper edges (16, 17) and which also has at least one stirrer (14, 15) projecting from a central shaft (6), effective at least in the vicinity of the container wall (7), the stirrer effecting in the container flow at least directed from bottom to top of an ice-cream mixture filled into the latter. The stirrer also has at its free upper end close to the container wall a knife-shaped scraper (20, 21) projecting over the stirrer and acting together with the container wall to prevent formation of ice cream deposits above the stirrer.
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