A semi-automatic machine for crushing and then for collecting outside frozen food substances contained in an external storage container, the semi-automatic machine being electrical and comprising:
- a support cabinet adapted to contain and to support various component elements of the semi-automatic machine, the various component elements comprising:
- at least a control and command electronic circuit board that includes at least a microprocessor,
- at least a first electrical actuation means,
- at least a motion transmission means,
- at least a closing and pushing unit, and
- at least a crushing and discharging unit,
- said motion transmission means associated and cooperating with said first electrical actuation means and said closing and pushing unit or said crushing and discharging unit,
- wherein said support cabinet comprises at least a first upper compartment provided with a vertical through hole in which said closing and pushing unit is configured to be inserted in a removable way and to which said crushing and discharging unit is configured to be fixed in a removable manner,
- wherein the storage container containing the frozen food substance is configured to be placed into contact between said closing and pushing unit and said crushing and discharging unit, with an opened end portion turned toward the crushing and discharging unit in a non-rotatable way with respect to said closing and pushing unit,
- wherein said closing and pushing unit comprises:
- at least a closing element adapted to engage with said support cabinet for closing the upper part of said vertical through hole, a first vertical hollow cylindrical body, and a vertical guide element adapted to guide, vertically, said storage container by sliding within said first hollow cylindrical body in an independent manner with respect to the first hollow cylindrical body, and
- a pushing and contrasting means comprising a contrast spring, the pushing and contrasting means configured to push, downwards, said guide element,
- wherein said crushing and discharging unit comprises at least a first vertical cylindrical body provided on its upper surface with at least an upper opening, to which at least a blade is fixed, with a cutting part thereof turned in an upward direction, thereby leaving at least partially free the same upper opening,
- wherein said actuation means are adapted to transmit a rotational movement with a vertical rotation axis, by said motion transmission means, to the vertical guide element or to the first vertical cylindrical body, in such a way that the frozen food substance is crushed by the blade using the rotational movement and, at the same time, using the pushing and contrasting means, said container is moved downward toward said first vertical cylindrical body with the consequent penetration of the first vertical cylindrical body into the same container, such that the crushed food substance is discharged outside the machine through the upper opening for collection,
- wherein said closing and pushing unit is configured to be removable from the support cabinet and said crushing and discharging unit is configured to be removable from said support cabinet.