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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161767 | Ice making apparatus of refrigerator The ice making apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of ice trays are arranged in the back-and-forth and up-and-down directions, and that the ice tray arranged in the front row and the ice tray ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8132424 | Ice machines with extruded heat exchanger A heat exchanger for an ice machine has the form of a cylinder. In some embodiments, the cylinder is made from an extrusion of a metal such as an aluminum alloy. The heat exchanger includes inner and outer cylindrical walls and one or more refrigeration passages pos... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8109113 | Point of sale method and apparatus for making and dispensing aerated frozen food products An apparatus for making and dispensing frozen aerated products includes a rotating horizontal freeze plate with an upper surface for receiving a chilled aerated mix. The chilled aerated mix includes, in one embodiment, ice cream base that has been sufficiently aerat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7237393 | Ice-making apparatus and ice-full state sensing device therefor An ice-full state sensing device for an ice making apparatus is provided. A panel disposed at a side of an ice maker to support components. An ejection unit includes an ejector supported by the panel to eject ice made by the ice maker. A driving unit rotates the eje... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7210889 | Circulating storage system A circulating storage system (1) has at least two storage columns (4) of stored-goods carriers (5) that are arranged one above another and circulate during operation, at least one horizontal conveyor device (9) which, during operation, tr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185508 | Refrigerator with compact icemaker A refrigerator/freezer with an ice maker having an ice cube tray in which are formed multiple ice cube recesses. The ice cube tray is movable between a fill position and a harvest position. The ice cube tray has a composite construction comprising a base layer and a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7121107 | Continuous transfer type freezer A continuous transfer type freezer for cooling or freezing articles such as foodstuffs transferred on a conveyor belt by spraying chilled air from slit nozzles on the articles is provided in which chilled air jets rectified to have long spray travel is produced, thi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7033632 | Casting food products to controlled dimensions A device and process for adjustably controlling the dimensions of an extruded food product cast into a sheet using, for example, a pressure manifold mounted on a casting belt, or a chill roll/gauge roller combination. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7013657 | Ice maker An ice maker is capable of efficiently making and removing ice cubes. The ice maker includes first and second pulleys which are installed to be spaced apart from each other. A drive unit rotates the first and second pulleys. An ice making conveyor is wrapped around ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6945057 | Ice maker An ice maker capable of efficiently making and removing ice cubes. The ice maker includes first and second pulleys, a drive unit, an ice making conveyor, heat/light generating units, and a reflecting member. The first and second pulleys are spaced apart from each ot... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932996 | Coated flaked fats An apparatus and method of preparing solid flakes of fats and emulsifiers having a Solid Content index or a Solids Fat Index which is below the Agglomeration Boundary is provided utilizing a generally flat, cold plate to solidify the fat or emulsifier and a method w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6908053 | Ice shaver An ice shaver machine that includes a hopper for receiving ice, a blade and scraper for drawing the received ice across the blade, thereby producing thin, snow-like ice shavings or flakes, which are scraped to a spout, which, in turn, is provided for delivering the ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6758056 | Apparatus and process for molding frozen ice confectionery compositions into articles The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing frozen ice confectionery articles including a freezer having a freezer pump that cools and transports the frozen confectionery material, a rotative distributor that receives it under pressure and distribute... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6758046 | Slush hydrogen production method and apparatus A slush hydrogen production device (10) utilizes a hydrogen slushifier magnetic refrigerator (30) having a wheel (50) of material exhibiting the magnetocaloric effect. The wheel is rotated through a magnetic field of varying intensity around the... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6726462 | Apparatus for forming an extruded frozen novelty with high inclusions from a mouldable material Forming a novelty (such as a sticked ice cream product) from a mouldable material which involves extruding the materials into a cavity temporarily provided with a bottom. Relative movement is thereafter caused so as to shear the cavity contained quantity of material... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6698227 | Continuous flow freezing plant, in particular for edible ice products A plant for continuous flow freezing of edible ice products is built up in a freezing section (100) with a tray conveyor (8), the drive chain of which leads trays carrying the items to be frozen from an entrance to the freezing section (100) and around a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6543248 | Apparatus for molding frozen confectionery compositions into articles The device for moulding frozen confectionery articles comprises a metering hopper connected to a volumetric metering device comprising a metering chamber and a metering element dispensing a predetermined volume of ice cream into passing containers by mean... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6408639 | Device and conveyor belt for making pellets A device for making pellets of a material that can be made to solidify by changing its temperature having an endless belt (6) on which the material is placed at a feeding location and is conveyed along a processing path (7) to a guide roller (4) at a disc... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6393859 | Apparatus for freezing A food product is frozen at least partially by contacting a surface area (4) of a chilled tray (1). The tray (1) consists of a plurality of elements (2, 3). The elements are juxtaposed to form the surface area (4), they are further movable relative to eac... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6370886 | Apparatus for freezing and cutting liquids An apparatus for continuous freezing of liquids and cutting of the resulting frozen material into discrete pieces. A freezing table is provided with a transfer film for transporting liquid to be frozen across the top surface thereof. Side dams are attache... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6301919 | Ice cream bar-making machine A machine for making ice cream bars is provided with a receptacle for holding a refrigerant, preferably an ice and brine bath, a lower lid movably mountable over the receptacle, and an upper lid mountable over the lower lid, the lower and upper lids rotat... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6242028 | Process of, and apparatus for, moulding confectionery A process and apparatus for producing a moulded soft confectionery item. The soft confectionary item is relatively soft at room temperature and therefore difficult to handle mechanically at room temperature. The confectionery item can be selected from the... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6216472 | Process and apparatus for molding ice confectionery with separable mold parts Iced confectionery articles are prepared with two-part mold members transported within a heat-insulated compartment and in which a cryogenic gas is applied to the mold members for freezing product metered into the mold members. Each mold member part is in... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6092388 | Method and an apparatus for production of frozen confectionery, in particular edible ice bodies Conventionally, edible ice bodies are frozen in freezing moulds that are moved through a bath of cold salt brine, which ensures a good freezing effect, but also presents obvious problems. For avoiding these problems it has already been endeavoured to use ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6012293 | Freezing of material into blocks The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for freezing of material into fully or partially frozen blocks. The apparatus includes a refrigeration panel and a sheet or belt which is passed along the refrigeration panel. The apparatus includ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6006535 | Apparatus integrated for metering products to and suctioning products from molds Apparatus integrated for metering liquid products, particularly viscous products, into molds to prepare molded article products and for suctioning liquid product from the molds to remove liquid from the molded article products and to recycle suctioned liq... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5964043 | Freeze-drying process and apparatus A process and apparatus for freeze drying of liquid material in a vessel in which the vessels are moved automatically through various stages including loading vessels onto racks, washing vessels in an inverted position, sterilizing vessels and racks, fill... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5857352 | Ribbon-freezing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for improved control of ice-crystal formation in solid and semi-solid organic materials during freezing in a bath containing a cruciferous-oil slush is disclosed. Ribbon racks are used both to separate the items being frozen from ea... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5761913 | Ribbon-freezing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for improved control of ice-crystal formation in solid and semi-solid organic materials during freezing in a bath containing a cruciferous-oil slush is disclosed. Ribbon racks are used both to separate the items being frozen from ea... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5720175 | Apparatus and method for making a multi-flavored frozen confection A system and method for making a frozen confection having a plurality of differently flavored or colored sections are provided. After creating in a mold a frozen outer layer comprising the ingredients for a first flavor or color, a carving means, such as ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5692382 | Modular non-cryogenic cooled auger conveyor arrangement for chilling food products, slurries and the like In order to chill foodstuffs and the like type of material a modular chilling unit is provided with a jacketed trough through which a chilled non-cryogenic coolant such as glycol is circulated, and wherein the material to be cooled is moved along the cool... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5582856 | Apparatus and method for making a multi-flavored frozen confection A system and method for making a frozen confection having a plurality of differently flavored or colored sections are provided. After creating in a mold a frozen outer layer comprising the ingredients for a first flavor or color, a carving means, such as ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5568729 | Machine and method for making hardened confections having complementary parts joined in a unit A machine and method for making unit confections of shaped complementary parts which consist of different recipes, flavors, colors, textures and/or mix inclusions having groups of complementary molds, in which a group of first molds produces physical shap... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5516540 | Process for making articles of ice confectionery Articles of ice confectionery are prepared in a cavity formed by a complementary countermould and master mould assembly into which a composition for forming an ice confectionery is introduced. The assembly is cooled for freezing the confectionery composit... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5471853 | Device for mass production of ice carvings The present invention relates to a mass production device for ice carvings mainly for the automatic production of ice carvings. The invention has a conveyor belt, molding dies, a cooling water tank, a freezing mixture tank, a boring device, an injection d... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5447036 | Rotary machine and method for making hardened confections of complementary parts A rotary machine and method for making unit confections of complementary parts which consist of different recipes, flavors, colors, textures and/or mix inclusions having paired groups of complementary molds arranged radially, adjacent to each other in or ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5438839 | Freezing apparatus and method An apparatus for freezing particulate bodies, comprising a rotary member having a generally horizontal freezing surface, means for dispensing said bodies onto said surface, means for cooling the surface to a freezing temperature and means for collecting s... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5435143 | Machine and method for making hardened confections having complementary parts joined in a unit A rotary machine and method for making unit confections of complementary parts which consist of different recipes, flavors, colors, textures and/or mix inclusions having concentric groups of complementary molds essentially radially aligned in or on annula... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5394707 | Method and apparatus for freezing aqueous liquid A method of freezing aqueous liquids which method comprises the steps of: a) introducing the aqueous liquid into a mould; b) allowing at least the aqueous liquid in contact with said mould to freeze; and c) releasing said frozen liquid from said mould; wherein said... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5374436 | Apparatus and method for making a multi-flavored frozen confection A system and method for making a frozen confection having a plurality of differently flavored or colored sections are provided. After partially freezing in a mold the ingredients for a first flavor or color to form a frozen outer layer and a liquid inner ... | 12/20/1994 |
