US 11,805,789 B2
Frozen product machine
Lindsay Springer, West Seneca, NY (US); Robert J. Susz, Caledonia, NY (US); Ray Dudenhoeffer, Buffalo, NY (US); Donkeun Park, Henrico, VA (US); Don Yuhong Park, Henrico, VA (US); and Dov Glucksman, Winchester, MA (US)
Assigned to Steuben Foods, Inc., Elma, NY (US)
Filed by Steuben Foods, Inc., Elma, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/387,839.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,781, filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030906 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A23G 9/22 (2006.01); A23G 9/04 (2006.01); A23G 9/28 (2006.01); B01F 27/1143 (2022.01); B01F 101/13 (2022.01)
CPC A23G 9/224 (2013.01) [A23G 9/045 (2013.01); A23G 9/228 (2013.01); A23G 9/281 (2013.01); B01F 27/1143 (2022.01); B01F 2101/13 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for providing a frozen product, comprising:
a cooling chamber for receiving a material;
the cooling chamber having an inlet and an outlet;
wherein the outlet has a nozzle for dispensing the frozen product;
an auger adapted to fit within the cooling chamber;
the auger and the cooling chamber being supported by a housing;
the auger connected to a motor for rotating the auger such that the auger is adapted to mix a cooled material;
a cooling element adapted to cool the cooling chamber;
the cooling element adapted to create a differential cooling capacity within the cooling chamber;
wherein the cooling element includes a compressor and motor unit;
wherein the compressor and motor unit includes an evaporator coil for cooling the cooling chamber;
wherein the evaporator coil has an evaporator coil density that is greater at a designated portion of the cooling chamber;
wherein the motor has at least two motor settings such that the motor is reversible,
wherein a first motor setting is a mixing motor setting,
wherein a second motor setting is a dispensing motor setting,
wherein the first motor setting causes the auger to rotate in a first direction and wherein the second motor setting causes the auger to rotate in a second direction;
wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction;
wherein the auger includes at least one slot and at least one hinged fin attached adjacent to the at least one slot;
wherein the hinged fin is capable of rotating between an open position and a closed position;
wherein in the open position the hinged fin is rotated away from the at least one slot to promote a flow of the cooled material through the at least one slot;
wherein in the closed position the hinged fin is rotated toward the at least one slot to inhibit a flow of the product through the at least one slot; and
wherein the hinged fin is in the open position during mixing and in the closed position during dispensing.