Apparatus for and product method of making a frozen confectionery

US8778436B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMITTEN VENTURES, INC. · US

Inventors

• David Waletzko · Minneapolis, US
• Daniel Celotta · Inver Grove Heights, US
• Jonathan Paul Robelia · Maplewood, US
• Micah Todd Cook · Burnsville, US
• Rupa Kilaparti · Windom, US
• Paul Henry · Andover, US
• Daniel Theodore Noes · Coon Rapids, US
• William K. Durfee · Edina, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23G9/224
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for producing a serving of frozen confectionery product is characterized by a supply of liquid gas, a support for removably carrying a disposable container that holds a volume of unfrozen confectionery mix, and a holder for releasably holding a disposable agitator, such that the agitator extends into confectionery mix in the container. A valve controllably dispenses liquid gas into the confectionery mix in the container while relative motion is imparted to the container and agitator to agitate and admix the confectionery mix and liquid gas while the liquid gas mix evaporates to cool and freeze the confectionery mix, through a transfer of heat from the confectionery mix to the liquid gas and through the latent heat of evaporation of the liquid gas, to produce the frozen confectionery product.