US 12,070,145 B2
Adjusted thermal generation for food processing
Heinz Dercar, Vienna (AT); Bertrand Guyon, Pontarlier (FR); Johan Nieuwendijk, Vienna (AT); and Wolfgang Tuider, Oberwart (AT)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 16/766,119
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/082002
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/101765, PCT Pub. Date May 31, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17203199 (EP), filed on Nov. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359822 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 43/046 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/004 (2013.01) [A47J 43/0465 (2013.01); A47J 43/0722 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for processing a liquid food substance, the machine comprising:
a container having an outside container wall and delimiting a food cavity configured for containing the liquid food substance;
an impeller configured for driving the liquid food substance in the food cavity;
a housing having an outside housing wall and delimiting a powered cavity that is adjacent the container, the housing containing a motor configured for driving the impeller and a thermal conditioner configured for at least one activity selected from the group consisting of generating heat in the food cavity and removing heat from the food cavity; and
a control unit configured for controlling the motor and the thermal conditioner,
the thermal conditioner extending over or forming a portion of the outside housing wall, the outside housing wall adjacent or including the thermal conditioner extending over and adjacent to or forming a portion of the outside container wall to be able to transmit thermal energy to or through the outside container wall,
the thermal conditioner has:
a first conditioner section extending over a first section of the outside housing wall; and
a second conditioner section extending over a second section of the outside housing wall that is distinct from the first section,
the first conditioner section being configured to generate a first thermal energy per cm2 that is greater than a second thermal energy per cm2 generated by the second conditioner section, the first section and the second section of the outside housing wall being adjacent to and extending over or forming a first section and a second section of the portion of the outside container wall.