Scraper blades

The scraper blade for a frozen dessert machine, the scraper blade comprising:

• a blade body extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the blade body includes:
• a cutting edge on a first side of the blade body facing a scraping direction;
• and
• a biasing projection extending from a second side of the blade body in a direction opposite the scraping direction of the cutting edge, wherein the cutting edge and biasing projection are configured to simultaneously abut a surface to be scrapped, wherein the blade body extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the biasing projection is a lever arm, wherein the lever arm is a first lever arm and the blade body includes a second lever arm offset from the first lever arm along the longitudinal axis.

A frozen product machine comprising:

• a freezing cylinder defining a longitudinal axis;
• a rotating beater assembly within the freezing cylinder, wherein the rotating beater assembly includes:
• a beater body;
• and
• a scraper blade operatively connected to the beater body, the scraper blade including a blade body extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the blade body includes:
• a cutting edge on a first side of the blade body facing a scraping direction;
• and
• a biasing projection extending from a second side of the blade body in a direction opposite the scraping direction of the cutting edge, wherein the biasing projection of the scraper blade biases the cutting edge against an inner diameter surface of the freezing cylinder, wherein the biasing projection is configured to abut an inner diameter surface of the freezing cylinder, wherein the biasing projection and cutting edge are on a same side of the longitudinal axis.

A scraper blade for a frozen dessert machine, the scraper blade comprising:

• a blade body extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the blade body includes:
• a cutting edge on a first side of the blade body facing a scraping direction;
• and
• a biasing projection extending from a second side of the blade body in a direction opposite the scraping direction of the cutting edge, wherein the biasing projection is a lever arm, and wherein the lever arm is a cleft arm that defines an arm axis and includes a pair of flanges extending in opposite directions across the arm axis defining a cleft therebetween, wherein each flange is arcuate and includes an outward facing concave surface and an inward facing convex surface, wherein the inward facing convex surfaces of each flange face one another.

A scraper blade for a frozen dessert machine, the scraper blade comprising:

• a blade body extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the blade body includes:
• a cutting edge on a first side of the blade body facing a scraping direction;
• and
• a biasing projection extending from a second side of the blade body in a direction opposite the scraping direction of the cutting edge, wherein the cutting edge and biasing projection are configured to simultaneously abut a surface to be scrapped, wherein the biasing projection is not a cutting edge, wherein the biasing projection is a lever arm, and wherein the lever arm is a cleft arm that defines an arm axis and includes a pair of flanges extending in opposite directions across the arm axis defining a cleft therebetween.