Cup and stirring element for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture and the device
AssigneeKempische Brik Centrale
InventorFrederik Van Isacker
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Abstract
A cup is provided for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture with a stirring element stirring liquid mixture in the cup being cooled by a cooling unit of the device. The cup includes a cup wall enclosing a holding volume for liquid mixture and frozen food product. At the inside of the cup, the cup wall includes an inner bottom portion, a circumferential inner upright portion, and a circumferential inner transition portion extending from the inner bottom portion to the inner upright portion.
Claims20
A cup for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture, wherein the cup is arranged for preparing the frozen food product therein from the liquid mixture with a stirring element of the device stirring the liquid mixture in the cup while the cup is being cooled with a cooling unit of the device, wherein the cup comprises a cup wall enclosing a holding volume for the liquid mixture and the frozen food product, wherein the cup comprises a top opening to the holding volume, wherein, at an inside of the cup, the cup wall comprises an inner bottom portion, a circumferential inner upright portion, and a circumferential inner transition portion extending from the inner bottom portion to the inner upright portion, wherein the inner bottom portion, the inner upright portion and the inner transition portion are cylindrically symmetric around a first axis centrally through the inner bottom portion and extending along a height direction, wherein the inner transition portion has in the height direction a radius of curvature of at least 15 mm and of at most 25 mm, wherein the inner upright portion is inclined outwards in a transverse direction from the height direction, and wherein the inner upright portion has with respect to the height direction a predetermined inclination angle of at least 1° and of at most 9°.
A stirring element for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture, wherein the stirring element is arranged for preparing the frozen food product by stirring the liquid mixture in a cup of the device while the cup is being cooled with a cooling unit of the device, wherein the stirring element comprises at least one edge side, wherein the at least one edge side comprises a bottom portion, an upright portion, and a transition portion extending from the bottom portion to the upright portion, wherein the transition portion has a radius of curvature of at least 15 mm and of at most 25 mm, wherein the upright portion is inclined outwards in a transverse direction from a height direction, and wherein the upright portion has with respect to the height direction a predetermined inclination angle of at least 1° and of at most 9°.
A device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture, the device comprising:
- a cup in which the frozen food product is to be prepared from the liquid mixture, wherein the cup comprises a cup wall enclosing a holding volume for the liquid mixture and the frozen food product, wherein the cup comprises a top opening to the holding volume, wherein, at an inside of the cup, the cup wall comprises an inner bottom portion, a circumferential inner upright portion, and a circumferential inner transition portion extending from the inner bottom portion to the inner upright portion, wherein the inner bottom portion, the inner upright portion and the inner transition portion are cylindrically symmetric around a first axis centrally through the inner bottom portion and extending along a height direction, wherein the inner transition portion has in the height direction a radius of curvature of at least 15 mm and of at most 25 mm, wherein the inner upright portion is inclined outwards in a transverse direction from the height direction, and wherein the inner upright portion has with respect to the height direction a predetermined inclination angle of at least 1° and of at most 9°;
- a cup holder comprising a cavity receiving the cup;
- a cooling unit configured for cooling the cavity of the cup holder;
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- a stirring unit configured for stirring the liquid mixture in the cup with a stirring element for preparing the frozen food product, wherein the stirring element comprises at least one edge side, wherein the at least one edge side comprises a bottom portion, an upright portion, and a transition portion extending from the bottom portion to the upright portion, wherein the transition portion has the radius of curvature of at least 15 mm and of at most 25 mm, wherein the upright portion is inclined outwards in a transverse direction from the height direction, and wherein the upright portion has with respect to the height direction the predetermined inclination angle of at least 10 and of at most 9°, wherein the stirring unit comprises a drive system for driving the stirring motion of the stirring element in the cup.
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