Frozen food appliance
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorsJames R Barraclough, Chi Wah Leung, Zhi He Hu
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Abstract
A frozen food appliance for making and dispensing frozen food products comprising a base, a removable container adapted to be chilled in a conventional freezer and then replaced into the base, a dispensing nozzle and associated control lever, an automatic scraper, auger and paddle for delivering frozen food product from the container and out of the dispensing spout, and a toppings dispenser for automatically delivering toppings to the frozen food product while or after the frozen food product is being dispensed.
Claims12
A frozen food appliance comprising:
- a housing;
- a removable container within said housing;
- a frozen food dispensing mechanism for dispensing frozen food;
- and
- a toppings dispenser for dispensing toppings,
- wherein said frozen foods dispensing mechanism comprises:
- a rotating blade for loosening said frozen food from said removable container;
- a dispensing nozzle for dispensing said frozen food;
- and
- an auger for directing said frozen food toward said dispensing nozzle, and
- wherein said rotating blade further comprises:
- a scraper for scraping said frozen food from the sides of said removable container;
- and
- a diverter for directing said frozen food toward said auger.
A frozen food appliance comprising:
- a housing;
- a removable container within said housing;
- a frozen food dispensing mechanism for dispensing frozen food;
- and
- a toppings dispenser for dispensing toppings, wherein said toppings dispenser further comprises
- a dispenser housing to hold toppings,
- a removable lid to enable a user to fill said toppings dispenser with toppings, and
- a sliding tab to enable a user to selectively transfer said toppings from said toppings dispenser toward said dispensing nozzle.
A frozen food appliance comprising:
- a housing;
- a removable container within said housing;
- a frozen food dispensing mechanism for dispensing frozen food;
- and
- a toppings dispenser for dispensing toppings, wherein said toppings dispenser further comprises
- a dispenser housing to hold toppings,
- a removable lid to enable a user to fill said toppings dispenser with toppings, and
- a gear having a hole in said gear to enable toppings to pass at a generally steady rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.