Apparatus for the preparation of soft ice or milk ice

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING A FROZEN FOOD PRODUCT SUCH AS MILK ICE ARRANGED FOR DISPENSING THE PRODUCT IN PORTIONS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A FREEZING KETTLE SERVING SIMULTANEOUSLY AS STORAGE CONTAINER FOR THE ICE PRODUCT READY TOP BE DISPENSED AND INCLUDING AN AIR SPACE MAINTAINED ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, AN ICE MIX SUPPLY CONTAINER HAVING AN AIR SPACE MAINTAINED ABOVE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, FEED MEANS CONNECTING SAID SUPPLY CONTAINER TO SAID STORAGE CONTAINER, MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR FOR SUPPLYING AIR UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID MIX SUPPLY CONTAINER, A WALL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FREEZING KETTLE AND INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE PERIPHERY THEREOF DIVIDING SAID KETTLE INTO A RECEIVING CHAMBER AND INTO A FREEZING CHAMBER, AND STIRRING MEANS BEING DISPOSED IN SAID FREEZING CHAMBER AND HAVING A SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID WALL AND SAID RECEIVING CHAMBER AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND SAID FEED MEANS EXTENDING FROM SAID SUPPLY CONTAINER TO SAID RECEIVING CHAMBER, SAID WALL BEING IN THE FORM OF A DISK DEFINING A NARROW GAP BETWEEN THE UPPER END THEREOF AND THE TOP OF SAID KETTLE.