Method and apparatus for frozen dessert

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A CARBONATED CONFECTION WHICH COMPRISES A CARBON DIOXIDE GAS FEED TUBE THROUGH WHICH CARBON DIOXIDE FLOWS, CONTROL MEANS TO REGULATE THE FLOW OF SAID GAS THROUGH SAID TUBE, A LIQUID CONFECTION MIX FEED CONDUIT, A FREEZING CHAMBER FED THROUGH A MIXING ZONE BY SAID CONDUIT, A MIXTURE BEATER IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID GAS FEED TUBE AND SAID LIQUID FEED CONDUIT ARRANGED TO FEED SAID GAS AND LIQUID, RESPECTIVELY, IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONCURRENT DIRECTION LEADING TO A MIXING ZONE WHEREIN THE LIQUID AND GAS FED THEREIN CO-MINGLE PRIOR TO THE BEATING AND CHILLING ACTION ON THE MIXTURE IN THE FREEZING CHAMBER, MEANS SYNCHRONIZING THE FLOW OF CARBON DIOXIDE WITH THE OPERATION OF SAID BEATER, AND INDEPENDENT OF THE FLOW OF LIQUID FEED, AND MECHANICAL MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID BEATER AND PROVIDING REFRIGERATION IN SAID FREEZING CHAMBER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A CARBONATED CONFECTION WHICH COMPRISES A CARBON DIOXIDE GAS FEED TUBE THROUGH WHICH CARBON DIOXIDE FLOWS, CONTROL MEANS TO REGULATE THE FLOW OF SAID GAS THROUGH SAID TUBE, A LIQUID CONFECTION MIX FEED CONDUIT, A FREEZING CHAMBER FED THROUGH A MIXING ZONE BY SAID CONDUIT, A MIXTURE BEATER IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID GAS FEED TUBE AND SAID LIQUID FEED CONDUIT ARRANGED TO FEED SAID GAS AND LIQUID, RESPECTIVELY, IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONCURRENT DIRECTION LEADING TO A MIXING ZONE WHEREIN THE LIQUID AND GAS FED THEREIN CO-MINGLE PRIOR TO THE BEATING AND CHILLING ACTION ON THE MIXTURE IN THE FREEZING CHAMBER, MEANS SYNCHRONIZING THE FLOW OF CARBON DIOXIDE WITH THE OPERATION OF SAID BEATER, AND INDEPENDENT OF THE FLOW OF LIQUID FEED, AND MECHANICAL MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID BEATER AND PROVIDING REFRIGERATION IN SAID FREEZING CHAMBER.

Claim 3

A METHOD OF PREPARING A CARBONATED DAIRY DESSERT WHICH COMPRISES ADMIXING AT SUBSTANTIALLY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE STREAMS OF LIQUID DESSERT MIX AND CARBON DIOXIDE GAS SO AS TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIALLY NONTURBULENT MIXING OF SAID STREAMS EFFECTING SAID ADMIXTUE IN A ZONE BEFORE SUBJECTING THE MIXTURE TO A BEATING AND CHILLING STEP, AND FEEDING SAID PRE-MIXTURE INTO A BEATING AND FREEZING ZONE, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE GAS BEING SYNCHRONIZED SO THAT THE BEATING OF THE MIXTURE IN THE FREEZING ZONE OCCURS CONCURRENTLY AS THE GAS IS INTRODUCED AND WHEREIN THE BEATING OPERATION IS INDEPENDENT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID MIX.

Claim 4

A METHOD OF PREPARING A CARBONATED DAIRY DESSERT WHICH COMPRISES ADMIXING AT SUBSTANTIALLY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE STREAMS OF LIQUID DESSERT MIX AND CARBON DIOXIDE GAS SO AS TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIALLY NONTURBULENT MIXING OF SAID STREAMS EFFECTING SAID ADMIXTUE IN A ZONE BEFORE SUBJECTING THE MIXTURE TO A BEATING AND CHILLING STEP, AND FEEDING SAID PRE-MIXTURE INTO A BEATING AND FREEZING ZONE, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE GAS BEING SYNCHRONIZED SO THAT THE BEATING OF THE MIXTURE IN THE FREEZING ZONE OCCURS CONCURRENTLY AS THE GAS IS INTRODUCED AND WHEREIN THE BEATING OPERATION IS INDEPENDENT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID MIX.