Portable frozen confection machine
AssigneeSnowie LLC
InventorCarl A. Rupp
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Abstract
The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.
Claims13
A frozen confection machine comprising:
- a paddle wheel, wherein the paddle wheel includes a top surface;
- and
- a hopper, wherein the hopper includes a sidewall;
- wherein the sidewall includes grooves for receiving and holding an ice conditioning blade;
- wherein the ice conditioning blade includes at least one slit, the slit comprising:
- a leading edge,
- a cutting edge,
- a top edge, and
- a bottom edge.
A frozen confection machine comprising:
- a paddle wheel, wherein the paddle wheel includes a top surface;
- and
- a hopper, wherein the hopper includes a sidewall;
- wherein the sidewall includes grooves for receiving and holding an ice conditioning blade;
- wherein the ice conditioning blade includes a plurality of substantially rectangular ice slits, wherein each one of the plurality of ice slits comprises:
- a leading edge,
- a cutting edge,
- a top edge, and
- a bottom edge,
- wherein the plurality of ice slits are arranged in a uniform row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.