	US 12,232,510 B2
	Methods of making frozen confectionary products and re-using components utilized therein
Edgar Heinrich Krappen, Tafers (CH)
Assigned to SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 17/756,773
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084355 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/110787, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19214251 (EP), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011850 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A23G 9/28 (2006.01); G07F 11/04 (2006.01)

CPC A23G 9/283 (2013.01) [A23G 9/288 (2013.01); G07F 11/04 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A method of dispensing a frozen confectionary product from a dispensing machine, the method comprising:

loading one or more first tubes comprising a composition that is a frozen confectionary from a first storage tray onto a serving station of the dispensing machine, wherein the first storage tray is located in a first storage area of the dispensing machine, and wherein the one or more first tubes are reusable;

positioning a container in a first position in the serving station under the one or more first tubes;

dispensing at least a portion of the frozen confectionary into the container; and

conveying the container comprising the frozen confectionary to an outlet located on the dispensing machine;

the method further comprising:

receiving the first storage tray from a location remote from the dispensing machine;

placing the first storage tray directly into the first storage area;

detecting when contents of one of the one or more first tubes is below a pre-determined threshold; and

moving the one of the one or more first tubes having contents below the pre-determined threshold into an empty tube position in the dispensing machine.