Frozen beverage blending and dispensing appliance

A blending and dispensing appliance, comprising:

• a blending container;
• a housing for receiving and supporting the blending container;
• an ice-shaving unit disposed on the housing and configured to make and direct shaved ice into the blending container;
• an agitator disposed in the blending container configured to agitate blending ingredients including the shaved ice directed into the blending container;
• a motorized base disposed in the housing and configured to couple to the agitator to selectively provide rotary power to the agitator;
• a conduit disposed on an outer sidewall of the blending container and fluidly connected to the blending container at a lower end;
• a port at a bottom of the blending container for fluidly connecting the blending container to the lower end of the conduit;
• an auger disposed within the conduit and configured to rotate in a first direction within the conduit, the auger being rotatably coupled to the motorized base to selectively pump blended contents from within an interior volume of the blending container through the port and the lower end of the conduit to an upper end of the conduit when rotated in the first direction;
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• a dispensing arm pivotally attached to the housing and movable between first and second positions, the dispensing arm being biased into the first position and when depressed by a beverage container into the second position causes the auger to be rotated in the first direction to pump blended contents from within the interior volume through the conduit to the upper end into the beverage container.