Title:
【発明の名称】ソフトサーブ製品を販売する機械
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000515736
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A machine for dispensing a soft-serve product comprises a freezer barrel (12), a mix hopper (14) for containing soft-serve mix (16) and being in flow communication with the freezer barrel so that soft-serve mix can flow from the mix hopper into the freezer barrell a flow passage (42, 42.1) leading from the freezer barrel to a draw spout (64), and a beater assembly (20) for expelling frozen product from the freezer barrel via the flow passage to the draw spout. A solids hopper (52) for containing a flowable solid topping is further provided, and an archimedes screw (56) for feeding the solid topping from the solids hopper into the flow stream of soft-serve product as it passes through the flow passage. A vaned rotor (44) and a rotation sensor (80) meter the flow of soft-serve product through the flow passage and control the speed of a topping motor (60) driving the archimedes screw.
Inventors:
Vanda Melwi, Marcel
Erasmus, Mark, Henry
Erasmus, Mark, Henry
Application Number:
JP50434298A
Publication Date:
November 28, 2000
Filing Date:
July 02, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Vanda Melwi, Marcel
International Classes:
A23G9/04; A23G9/16; A23G9/28; (IPC1-7): A23G9/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Nobuyuki Kaneda (2 others)