System for providing a single serving of a frozen confection
AssigneeColdSnap, Corp.
InventorMatthew Fonte
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Abstract
A system for providing a single serving of a frozen confection, wherein the system comprises a pod comprising at least one ingredient for providing a single serving of a frozen confection; the system cools the pod; the system introduces water into the pod; the system simultaneously stirs the contents of the pod while scraping at least one wall of the pod to prevent a build-up of the frozen confection on the at least one wall of the pod; and the system ejects the frozen confection out of the pod.
Claims21
A sealed pod for providing a single serving of a frozen confection, the pod comprising:
- a rigid container having a base and a sidewall defining a recess, a portion of the base configured to be opened by an application of a force;
- at least one ingredient for forming the single serving of the frozen confection, the at least one ingredient disposed within the recess of the container;
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- one or more scraper paddles movably disposed within the recess of the container, the one or more scraper paddles operable to scrape the at least one ingredient from the base and the sidewall of the container and to stir the at least one ingredient within the container, wherein the one or more scraper paddles have a helical configuration;
- wherein the one or more scraper paddles are configured to perform the scraping and stirring simultaneously while air enters an interior of the pod such that the air mixes with the at least one ingredient to create a frozen confection comprising at least a 30% overrun and then the scraper paddles configured to force the frozen confection out of a bottom of the pod thru the portion of the base configured to be opened by an application of the force.
A sealed pod for providing a single serving of a cold beverage or a frozen confection, the pod comprising:
- a frustoconical container having a base and a sidewall defining a recess, a portion of the base configured to be opened by an application of a force;
- at least one ingredient for forming the single serving of the cold beverage or frozen confection disposed within the recess of the frustoconical container;
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- one or more scraper paddles movably disposed within the recess of the frustoconical container, the one or more scraper paddles configured to scrape at least one ingredient from the base and the sidewall of the frustoconical container,
- wherein the one or more scraper paddles comprise a helical scraper paddle configured to force the cold beverage or frozen confection out of the portion of the base configured to be opened by an application of the force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.