US 11,985,989 B2
Machine for the production of ice cream
Filippo Bellomare, Treviso (IT); Alessandro Benedetti, Treviso (IT); and Andrea Moro, Treviso (IT)
Appl. No. 17/058,647
Filed by DE'LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO, Treviso (IT)
PCT Filed May 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IT2019/050118
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/224859, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000005681 (IT), filed on May 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204564 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A23G 9/12 (2006.01); A23G 9/22 (2006.01); A23G 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 9/281 (2013.01) [A23G 9/12 (2013.01); A23G 9/228 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for the production of ice cream, comprising:
a support body defining a housing compartment with an axis of development substantially horizontal or inclined at an angle of inclination of no more than 20° with respect to a horizontal plane;
a tub configured to contain the ingredients for the preparation of the ice cream which can be removably inserted in said housing compartment;
a cooling circuit configured to cool at least part of said housing compartment and said tub disposed in the latter;
a mixing device disposed, during use, inside said tub and configured to mix the ingredients during the preparation of the ice cream;
a lid configured to selectively close an upper aperture of said tub; and
clamping devices provided on said support body and configured to selectively clamp said lid and said tub in said housing compartment; and
wherein said tub comprises a central tubular body provided with through apertures in correspondence with each end through which a drive shaft can pass, configured to make said mixing device rotate, wherein the coupling between said drive shaft and said mixing device is defined by said lid and said clamping devices.