Machine and method for making food products
AssigneeAli Group S.R.L.—Carpigiani
InventorsAndrea Cocchi, Roberto Lazzarini
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Abstract
A machine for making food products including: at least a first container containing a liquid or semi-liquid base product to be processed therein; a stirrer mounted inside the first container; thermal treatment means operatively associated with the first container; a dispenser connected to the first container to allow the product to be extracted from the first container; at least one device for generating gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles, operatively configured to release gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles into the mixture being processed in the machine; a control and drive unit connected to the device for generating gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles in order to control and drive it.
Claims23
A machine for making food products, comprising:
- a frame;
- at least a first container containing a liquid or semi-liquid base product to be processed therein;
- a stirrer mounted inside the first container;
- a thermal treatment system thermally connected with the first container, the thermal treatment system including a heat exchanger thermally connected with the first container;
- a dispenser connected to the first container to allow the base product to be extracted from the first container;
- a generation device for generating gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles, operatively configured to release the gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles into the base product being processed in the machine;
- a controller connected to the generation device to control and drive the generation device, wherein the generation device is configured to generate the gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles having an equivalent diameter of less than 50 microns;
- wherein the generation device includes a gas permeable membrane defining a portion of a duct.
A method for making liquid or semi-liquid food product, comprising the following steps:
- providing a machine for making the liquid or semi-liquid food product, the machine comprising:
- a frame;
- at least a first container containing a liquid or semi-liquid base product to be processed therein;
- a stirrer mounted inside the first container;
- a thermal treatment system thermally connected with the first container, the thermal treatment system including a heat exchanger thermally connected with the first container;
- a dispenser connected to the first container to allow the base product to be extracted from the first container;
- a generation device for generating gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles, operatively configured to release the gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles into the base product being processed in the machine;
- a controller connected to the generation device to control and drive the generation device, wherein the generation device is configured to generate the gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles having an equivalent diameter of less than 50 microns;
- wherein the generation device includes a gas permeable membrane defining a portion of a duct;
- generating the gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles having thea-n equivalent diameter of less than 50 microns in the base product using the generation device;
- placing the base product inside the first container;
- setting the stirrer mounted inside the first container in rotation and cooling the base product containing the gas micro bubbles or nano bubbles in order to make the liquid or semi-liquid food product inside the first container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.