Machine for producing and dispensing ice cream shop products
AssigneeCarpigiani Group - Ali S.P.A.
InventorsGino Cocchi, Gianni Zaniboni, Roberto Lazzarini
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Abstract
A machine for producing ice cream shop products comprises a whipping and freezing unit (2) with a horizontal axis (A) and a removable head (10) forming an end wall (11) of the whipping and freezing unit (2), there being in the wall (11) an inlet (12) for ingredients intended to constitute the ice cream shop products, and an outlet (13) for the ice cream shop product prepared.
Claims17
A machine for preparing and dispensing an ice cream shop product comprising:
- a whipping and freezing unit with a horizontal axis (A), said whipping and freezing unit having at least one inlet for ingredients intended to constitute the ice cream shop product and one outlet for the ice cream shop product prepared, said inlet and outlet being separate from each other;
- a mechanism for closing the inlet and a mechanism for closing the outlet, wherein the mechanism for closing the inlet and the mechanism for closing the outlet are integrated in a single closing element;
- wherein the closing element comprises a first separator for closing the inlet and a second separator for closing the outlet, said separators being positioned in such a way as to guarantee, at least with the closing element in a first predetermined position, closing of the inlet and simultaneous opening of the outlet.
A machine for preparing and dispensing an ice cream shop product comprising:
- a whipping and freezing unit with a horizontal axis (A), said whipping and freezing unit having at least one inlet for ingredients intended to constitute the ice cream shop product and one outlet for the ice cream shop product prepared, said inlet and outlet being separate from each other,
- a door equipped with a hopper for introducing ingredients into the whipping and freezing unit and a dispenser with a vertical axis (C) for dispensing small doses of product, the dispenser comprising an internal piston which slides vertically for dosing the product, a control handle for operating the piston and a plurality of levers connecting the piston and the control handle.
A machine for preparing and dispensing an ice cream shop product comprising:
- a whipping and freezing unit with a horizontal axis (A), said whipping and freezing unit having at least one inlet for ingredients intended to constitute the ice cream shop product and one outlet for the ice cream shop product prepared, said inlet and outlet being separate from each other,
- a door equipped with a hopper for introducing ingredients into the whipping and freezing unit and a dispenser engaged in a seat, said dispenser comprising a safety device for locking the dispenser in a desired position and preventing accidental disengagement of the dispenser from its seat;
- wherein the dispenser comprises a shutter which closes the outlet;
- wherein the dispenser comprises a control lever, connected to the shutter by an arm with a curved axis and hinged at one end to a pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.