US 12,302,922 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 Oct. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/376,306.
Application 18/376,306 is a continuation of application No. 17/387,839, filed on Jul. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,805,789.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/057,781, filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023572 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23G 9/04 (2006.01); A23G 9/22 (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)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a chamber for receiving a material;
an auger adapted to fit within the chamber;
the auger connected to a motor for rotating the auger;
wherein the motor has a mixing motor setting and a dispensing motor setting;
wherein the mixing motor setting causes the auger to rotate in a first direction;
wherein the dispensing motor setting causes the auger to rotate in a second direction;
wherein the first direction is substantially opposite to the second direction;
wherein the auger includes at least one slot and at least one fin;
wherein the at least one fin has a substantially open position to promote a flow of the material through the at least one slot, and a substantially closed position to inhibit a flow of the material through the at least one slot; and
wherein the at least one fin is in the substantially open position during mixing and in the substantially closed position during dispensing of a product.