Machine for making ice-cream products
AssigneeALi Corporation
InventorsGino Cocchi, Gianni Zaniboni, Roberto Lazzarini
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Abstract
A machine for making ice-cream products includes a whipping and freezing unit with a horizontal axis, and an inspection door connected to one end of the whipping and freezing unit to allow access to the inside of the unit. The inspection door has a dispensing hole so that the whipping and freezing unit can be put in fluid communication with the outside environment and a dispensing door for selectively opening and closing the dispensing hole. The dispensing door includes a separator, having an opening, able to rotate relative to the inspection door so that the dispensing hole is selectively opposite the opening and allows controlled dispensing of ice-cream products from the whipping and freezing unit.
Claims21
A machine for making ice-cream products comprising:
- a whipping and freezing unit having a substantially horizontal axis;
- an inspection door connected to one end of the whipping and freezing unit to allow access to an interior of the whipping and freezing unit, the inspection door having a dispensing hole positioned below the substantially horizontal axis for placing the whipping and freezing unit in fluid communication with an outside environment when the inspection door is closed;
- a dispensing door for selectively opening and closing the dispensing hole;
- wherein the dispensing door comprises a separator rotatably connected to the inspection door and having an opening,
- wherein rotation of the separator relative to the inspection door, with the substantially horizontal axis of the whipping and freezing unit being a center of the rotation of the separator when the inspection door is closed, selectively slides the opening of the separator between a position of no overlap with the dispensing hole whereby the dispensing hole is closed, and a position of overlap with the dispensing hole whereby the dispensing hole is open for dispensing a quantity of ice-cream product from the whipping and freezing unit to the outside environment.
A machine for making ice-cream products comprising:
- a whipping and freezing unit having a substantially horizontal axis;
- an inspection door connected to one end of the whipping and freezing unit to allow access to an interior of the whipping and freezing unit, the inspection door having a dispensing hole for placing the whipping and freezing unit in fluid communication with an outside environment;
- a dispensing door for selectively opening and closing the dispensing hole;
- wherein the dispensing door comprises a separator connected to the inspection door and having an opening, the separator being rotatable relative to the inspection door in a plane of rotation perpendicular to the substantially horizontal axis to selectively move the opening of the separator between a position of no overlap with the dispensing hole to close the dispensing hole, and a position of overlap with the dispensing hole to open the dispensing hole;
- wherein the dispensing door comprises a movement mechanism, connected to the separator for rotating the separator relative to the inspection door;
- wherein the movement mechanism comprises a handle connected to the separator;
- wherein the handle is connected at a center of the separator;
- wherein the handle comprises a bushing inserted in a central hole in the separator and rotatably engaging on a central pin of the inspection door.
A machine for making ice-cream products comprising:
- a whipping and freezing unit having a substantially horizontal axis;
- an inspection door connected to one end of the whipping and freezing unit to allow access to an interior of the whipping and freezing unit, the inspection door having a dispensing hole positioned below the substantially horizontal axis for placing the whipping and freezing unit in fluid communication with an outside environment when the inspection door is closed;
- a dispensing door for selectively opening and closing the dispensing hole;
- wherein the dispensing door comprises a separator having an opening, the separator having a separator axis and being rotatably connected to the inspection door the separator having a plane of rotation perpendicular to the substantially horizontal axis being parallel to the substantially horizontal axis of the whipping and freezing unit when the inspection door is closed,
- wherein rotation of the separator relative to the inspection door, with the separator axis being a center of the rotation of the separator, selectively slides the opening of the separator between a position of no overlap with the dispensing hole whereby the dispensing hole is closed, and a position of overlap with the dispensing hole whereby the dispensing hole is open for dispensing a quantity of ice-cream product from the whipping and freezing unit to the outside environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.