An ice cream manufacturing apparatus, an ice cream manufacturing method, and an ice cream drawing method. An apparatus for manufacturing ice cream includes: a dasher positioned in a cylinder and agitating a liquefied original ice cream liquid and air input into the sealed cylinder; a dasher motor rotating the dasher; a motor RPM control means controlling a frequency of the dasher motor; a dasher motor load measuring means measuring a load of the dasher motor; and a controller determining a rotational speed change time of the dasher motor based on the load measured by the dasher motor load measuring means and controlling the motor RPM control means so as to change the frequency of the dasher motor to a predetermined frequency when the change of the rotational speed of the dasher motor is determined.

A frozen food product dispensing machine includes a housing, a freezer barrel disposed within the housing, a plurality of drawers, and a manifold comprising a plurality of inlets and one outlet. The plurality of drawers are disposed within and slidably coupled to the housing and configured to each support a liquid food product mix reservoir. The inlets are each fluidly coupled to one of the liquid food product mix reservoirs, and the outlet is fluidly coupled to the freezer barrel to supply liquid food product mix from all of the liquid food product mix reservoirs to the freezer barrel.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing edible ice products comprising: (a) a thermally insulated food grade material chamber; (b) at least one atomizing beverage nozzle (s) inserted in said thermally insulated chamber for spraying beverage droplets into said thermally insulated chamber; (c) at least one beverage valve(s), disposed between a beverage source and said atomizing beverage nozzle (s), for controlling the beverage flow rate into said chamber; (d) at least one gas expansion nozzle (s), inserted in said thermally insulated chamber, for expanding the gas in its liquid state to its gaseous state, and for jetting gas on said beverage droplets, in said thermally insulated chamber; (e) at least one gas flow regulator(s), disposed between a gas source and said gas nozzle (s) for regulating the gas flow rate into said gas expansion nozzle (s); (f) a controller for controlling said beverage valve (s) and said gas flow regulator (s); and (g) wherein said controller controls said beverage valve (s) and said gas flow regulator(s) for ensuring that said sprayed beverage droplets meet the jetted gas for freezing said droplets for forming a texture controlled edible ice product in said thermally insulated chamber.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing edible ice products comprising: (a) a thermally insulated food grade material chamber; (b) at least one atomizing beverage nozzle (s) inserted in said thermally insulated chamber for spraying beverage droplets into said thermally insulated chamber; (c) at least one beverage valve(s), disposed between a beverage source and said atomizing beverage nozzle (s), for controlling the beverage flow rate into said chamber; (d) at least one gas expansion nozzle (s), inserted in said thermally insulated chamber, for expanding the gas in its liquid state to its gaseous state, and for jetting gas on said beverage droplets, in said thermally insulated chamber; (e) at least one gas flow regulator(s), disposed between a gas source and said gas nozzle (s) for regulating the gas flow rate into said gas expansion nozzle (s); (f) a controller for controlling said beverage valve (s) and said gas flow regulator (s); and (g) wherein said controller controls said beverage valve (s) and said gas flow regulator(s) for ensuring that said sprayed beverage droplets meet the jetted gas for freezing said droplets for forming a texture controlled edible ice product in said thermally insulated chamber.

A unit for receiving and treating capsules containing a basic preparation for an ice cream product includes: a housing configured to receive a capsule containing a basic preparation for an ice cream product; and an unloading device adapted to trigger expulsion of the capsule from the housing. The unloading device includes an impact portion adapted to engage the capsule and a locking portion configured to lock the unloading device to the unit.

A unit for receiving and treating capsules containing a basic preparation for an ice cream product includes: a housing configured to receive a capsule containing a basic preparation for an ice cream product; and an unloading device adapted to trigger expulsion of the capsule from the housing. The unloading device includes an impact portion adapted to engage the capsule and a locking portion configured to lock the unloading device to the unit.

An air inlet device of a spherical puffing pump for an ice cream machine is provided. The air inlet device includes an air inlet pipe and an anti-spray seat. The air inlet pipe is communicated with a liquid feeding hole of the spherical puffing pump through the anti-spray seat. The anti-spray seat has an upper straight hole, a lower straight hole and a connecting hole. The upper straight hole is communicated with the lower straight hole through the connecting hole. The lower straight hole is communicated with a liquid feeding channel of the liquid feeding hole. The upper straight hole is communicated with the air inlet pipe. A lower end of the connecting hole is provided on an inner wall of a middle of the lower straight hole, and an upper end of the connecting hole is provided on a wall of a lower end of the upper straight hole.

An air inlet device of a spherical puffing pump for an ice cream machine is provided. The air inlet device includes an air inlet pipe and an anti-spray seat. The air inlet pipe is communicated with a liquid feeding hole of the spherical puffing pump through the anti-spray seat. The anti-spray seat has an upper straight hole, a lower straight hole and a connecting hole. The upper straight hole is communicated with the lower straight hole through the connecting hole. The lower straight hole is communicated with a liquid feeding channel of the liquid feeding hole. The upper straight hole is communicated with the air inlet pipe. A lower end of the connecting hole is provided on an inner wall of a middle of the lower straight hole, and an upper end of the connecting hole is provided on a wall of a lower end of the upper straight hole.

A base/additive product feeding unit for a machine for the production and/or distribution of ice cream, or other ice cream product, comprises a plurality of storage tanks for delivering predetermined quantities of base/additive products used to prepare ice cream in a batch freezing chamber provided with a stirrer and heat treatment means. The connection between the storage tanks and the batch freezing chamber is accomplished by an intake having a plurality of side inputs connected to respective storage tanks and an additional input made in a cover of the intake and connected to a further storage tank in such a way as to allow at least two storage tanks to be superposed on each other.

A base/additive product feeding unit for a machine for the production and/or distribution of ice cream, or other ice cream product, comprises a plurality of storage tanks for delivering predetermined quantities of base/additive products used to prepare ice cream in a batch freezing chamber provided with a stirrer and heat treatment means. The connection between the storage tanks and the batch freezing chamber is accomplished by an intake having a plurality of side inputs connected to respective storage tanks and an additional input made in a cover of the intake and connected to a further storage tank in such a way as to allow at least two storage tanks to be superposed on each other.