Flavor mixing and dispensing device and method

Claim 1

A FLAVOR MIXING AND DISPENSING DEVICE FOR BASIC FROZEN CONFECTION COMPRISING, A VALVE HOUSING HAVING AN INNER HOUSING WALL DEFINING A VALVE CHAMBER AND AN INLET PASSAGE OPENING TO SAID WALL AND CHAMBER AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO THE DISCHARGE OF A CONTINUOUS STYLE FROZEN CONFECTION FREEZER, A VALVE MEMBERS HAVING A PERIPHERAL WALL MOUNTED IN SLIDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HOUSING WALL AND HAVING AN OPEN ENDED PRODUCT MIXING AND DISCHARGE CHAMBER, SAID HOUSING BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES EACH ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO AN INDIVIDUAL SOURCE OF CONCENTRATED FLUID FLAVOR MATERIAL UNDER PRESSURE AND EXTENDING TO SAID INNER HOUSING WALL, SAID VALVE MEMBER HAVING PASSAGES EXTENDING FROM SAID MIXING CHAMBER TO SAID PERIPHERAL WALL AND ARRANGED FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONNECTION OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER TO SAID CONFECTION INLET PASSAGE AND TO ALL OF SAID FLAVOR MATERIAL PASSAGES IN SAID HOUSING IN ONE POSITION OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, VALVE MEANS MOUNTED FOR INTERRUPTING SAID FLAVOR MATERIAL PASSAGES ADJACENT SAID INNER HOUSING WALL AND ARRANGED FOR SELECTIVE ONE AT A TIME OPENING THEREOF TO PERMIT FLOW FLAVORING MATERIAL TO SAID MIXING CHAMBER, AND A POWER DRIVEN DEVICE MOUNTED IN SAID MIXING CHAMBER FOR MIXING THE PRODUCTS THEREIN.