Machine and method for making ice cream
AssigneeAli Group S.R.L.—Carpigiani
InventorsRoberto Lazzarini, Federico Tassi
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Abstract
A machine for making ice cream includes a production unit including a processing container. The machine also includes a thermal treatment system associated with the processing container and a dispenser operatively connected to the processing container to allow extracting an ice cream type product from the machine. The machine also includes a supporting body fitted under the dispenser and a supporting element connected removably to the supporting body. The supporting element includes a receiving cavity, configured to reversibly house a container used to contain the ice cream type product delivered by the dispenser, and cooling means configured to cool the supporting element.
Claims20
A machine for making ice cream, comprising:
- a production unit comprising a processing container for processing a liquid or semi-liquid product and defining a processing chamber;
- a stirrer that rotates inside the processing chamber and is configured to stir the liquid or semi-liquid product inside the processing container;
- a thermal treatment system operatively connected with the processing container and configured to cool the processing chamber to obtain an ice cream type product;
- a dispenser mounted on an outside wall of the machine and operatively connected to the processing container to allow the ice cream type product to be extracted from the machine;
- a supporting body applied in cantilever fashion to the outside wall under the dispenser;
- at least one supporting element, removably connected to the supporting body, the at least one supporting element comprising:
- a receiving cavity, configured to reversibly house a product container used to contain the ice cream type product delivered by the dispenser;
- a cooling device configured to cool the at least one supporting element.
A method for making ice cream, comprising the following steps:
- providing a machine for making ice cream, comprising:
- a production unit comprising a processing container for processing a liquid or semi-liquid product and defining a processing chamber;
- a stirrer that rotates inside the processing chamber and is configured to stir the liquid or semi-liquid product inside the processing container;
- a thermal treatment system operatively connected with the processing container and configured to cool the processing chamber to obtain an ice cream type product;
- a dispenser mounted on an outside wall of the machine and operatively connected to the processing container to allow the ice cream type product to be extracted from the machine;
- a supporting body applied in cantilever fashion to the outside wall under the dispenser;
- at least one supporting element, removably connected to the supporting body, the at least one supporting element comprising:
- a receiving cavity, configured to reversibly house a product container used to contain the ice cream type product delivered by the dispenser;
- a cooling device configured to cool the at least one supporting element;
- placing the liquid or semi-liquid product in the processing chamber;
- setting the thermal treatment system in operation for a predetermined length of time and setting the stirrer in rotation to thermally treat the liquid or semi-liquid product in the processing chamber;
- connecting the at least one supporting element to the supporting body;
- placing the product container in the receiving cavity;
- cooling the at least one supporting element through the cooling device;
- extracting at least one portion of the ice cream type product from the processing chamber through the dispenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.