Frozen confection machine
AssigneeInventherm, LLC
InventorsJason Hugenroth, Max Louis Lemoine, Daniel Ross Stelly
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for eliminating or greatly reducing the cleaning process of frozen confection apparatus or machines by having the comestible mixture contained in a flexible container or bag. The comestible mixture is chilled and/or frozen and dispensed from the bag without contacting other parts of the machine, thereby helping to prevent the comestible mixture from being contaminated with bacterial, viral, chemical, or physical contaminants.
Claims23
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A frozen confections apparatus comprising:
- at least one flexible wall freeze bag having an inlet that communicates with a cavity configured to receive an associated comestible mixture therein, and an outlet that communicates with the cavity disposed in spaced relation to the inlet;
- at least one physical element acting on an external surface of the freeze bag to agitate the associated comestible mixture in the freeze bag;
- and
- a cooling element that cools the associated comestible mixture in the freeze bag from an initially liquid state near the inlet to an at least partially frozen state at the outlet.
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein contact pressure or displacement of the physical element onto the freeze bag surface is controlled.
A method of making a frozen confection with a frozen confections apparatus that receives a comestible mixture, the method comprising:
- providing at least one flexible wall freeze bag having an inlet that communicates with a cavity configured to receive an associated comestible mixture therein, and an outlet that communicates with the cavity disposed in spaced relation to the inlet;
- agitating the comestible mixture in the freeze bag with at least one physical element acting on an external surface of the freeze bag;
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- cooling the comestible mixture in the freeze bag from an initially liquid state near the inlet to an at least partially frozen state at the outlet with a cooling element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.