# US 5,341,648 A · Process for producing ices

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- Number: US 5,341,648 A
- Document ID: US5341648A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/024,677
- Filed: 1993-03-01
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-03-06
- Assignees: Morinaga & Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shin-ichi Umemura; Sadao Yashiro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5341648A

## CPC

- A23G 9/045: {of slush-ice, e.g. semi-frozen beverage}
- A23G 9/14: Continuous production ({A23G9/06} , A23G9/20 takes precedence)
- A23G 9/18: the products being on the outer wall of a cooled body, e.g. drum or endless band
- F25C 1/12: by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- F25C: PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE

## Abstract

A process for producing an ice, comprising the steps of allowing a material solution containing a sweetener to flow downward from the upper part of and along the surface of a freezing plate provided substantially upright, to thereby cause the material solution to freeze on and stick to the surface of the freezing plate to form an ice plate; breaking the ice place into ice pieces having a diameter of about 20 mm at maximum; and filling a container with the ice pieces. The material solution is so controlled as to flow down in such a quantity that at least 30% of the solution freezes on and sticks to the freezing plate before the solution reaches the lower end thereof, and has a concentration so adjusted that the ice plate has a fragmentation resistance of 1,000 mm or less as measured by the dropping test method.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for producing an ice, comprising the steps of:
allowing a material solution containing a sweetener to flow downward from the upper part of and along the surface of a freezing plate provided substantially upright, to thereby cause said material solution to freeze on and stick to the surface of said freezing plate to form an ice plate;
breaking said ice plate into ice pieces having a diameter of about 20 mm at maximum; and
filling a container with said ice pieces;
said material solution being so controlled as to flow down in such a quantity that at least 30% of the solution freezes on and sticks to said freezing plate before the solution reaches the lower end thereof; and
said material solution having a concentration so adjusted that said ice plate has a fragmentation resistance of 1,000 mm or less as measured by a dropping test method comprising the steps of putting the material in a low cylindrical container having a diameter of 88 mm and cooling over night to produce an ice plate with a thickness of 10 mm; putting the ice plate into a stainless steel ring with a diameter of 76 mm and, at a temperature of -20.degree. C., dropping a 47 gram steel ball onto the plate from various heights, the fragmentation resistance being the minimum height at which the ball breaks the plate.