System and method for mixing of product
AssigneeSuperior Ice Cream Equipment, LLC
InventorChristoph J. Wagner
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a device for manufacturing a frozen edible product, including a cylindrical tank and a dasher disposed within the cylindrical tank and configured to rotate in a direction of rotation on an axis of rotation. A non-circular cylindrical core extends within the core along the axis of rotation. The dasher includes a generally cylindrical frame concentric with the tank and having a plurality of gaps, deflectors extending radially inward relative to the axis of rotation and circumferentially in the direction of rotation from the gaps, and blades extending radially outward from the dasher.
Claims20
A device for manufacturing a frozen edible product, comprising:
- a cylindrical tank;
- a non-circular cylindrical core extending along a central axis of the cylindrical tank, wherein the non-circular cylindrical core defines an oblong axial cross-section;
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- a dasher disposed within the cylindrical tank and about the non-circular cylindrical core and configured to rotate in a direction of rotation on an axis of rotation, the dasher comprising:
- a cylindrical frame concentric with the cylindrical tank and having at least one first gap;
- at least one deflector extending from the at least one first gap, each of the at least one deflector extending radially inward relative to the axis of rotation and circumferentially in the direction of rotation;
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- at least one blade extending radially outward from the dasher.
A dasher assembly for manufacturing a frozen edible product, comprising:
- a cylindrical frame extending along the axis of rotation, the cylindrical frame including a plurality of first gaps in the cylindrical frame and a plurality of deflectors;
- a non-circular cylindrical core extending within the cylindrical frame along an axis of rotation, wherein the non-circular cylindrical core has an oblong shape;
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- a cavity defined between a radially inner surface of the cylindrical frame and a radially outer surface of the non-circular cylindrical core, each of the plurality of deflector extends radially inward and circumferentially in the direction of rotation from a respective one of the plurality of first gaps in the cylindrical frame into the cavity,
- wherein the cylindrical frame and the non-circular cylindrical core have a balanced distribution of mass relative to the axis of rotation along a majority of a length of the cylindrical frame.
A method for manufacturing a frozen dairy product, comprising:
- filling a device for manufacturing the frozen dairy product with an amount of dairy product mixture, the device comprising a cylindrical tank and a dasher positioned within the cylindrical tank and configured to rotate in a direction of rotation on an axis of rotation about a non-circular cylindrical core that extends along the axis of rotation and defines an oblong axial cross-section, the dasher comprising a generally cylindrical frame concentric with the cylindrical tank and having a plurality of first gaps, and deflectors extending from the plurality of first gaps, each of the deflectors extending radially inward relative to the axis of rotation and circumferentially in the direction of rotation;
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- rotating the dasher in the direction of rotation on the axis of rotation about the non-circular cylindrical core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.