Automatic filler for ice cream freezer

Claim 1

IN A DISPENSING FREEZER HAVING A FREEZING CHAMBER WITH A DASHER TO WHIP AND FREEZE THEREIN A SOFT FROZEN MIX OF COMESTIBLE LIQUID AND AIR, THE COMBINATION OF A DISPENSING VALVE FOR THE CHAMBER AT ONE END THEREOF, A STORAGE CONTAINER FOR RESERVE LIQUID, CONDUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE CHAMBER AND CONTAINER IN OPEN COMMUNICATION FOR CONDUCTING RESERVE LIQUID TO THE CHAMBER TO REPLENISH THE MIX DISPENSED THROUGH SAID VALVE, STANDPIPE MEANS REMOVABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID CONDUIT MEANS IN SEALED RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH EXTENDING AT ITS UPPER END ABOVE THE LEVEL OF RESERVE LIQUID IN THE CONTAINER AND HAVING A VALVE PORT ADJACENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER FOR DRAINING RESERVE LIQUID INTO THE CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS, A VALVE TUBE MEANS SLIDABLE IN SAID STANDPIPE HAVING A LOWER END IN ITS RESTING POSITION EXTENDING WELL BELOW THE VALVE PORT IN VALVE PORT CLOSING RELATIONSHIP AND TERMINATING ABOVE SAID FREEZER CHAMBER, VALVE MEANS AT THE TOP OF THE VALVE TUBE FOR ADMITTING AIR TO SAID VALVE TUBE AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE VALVE TUBE BETWEEN ITS RESTING POSITION AND A RETRACTED POSITION OPENING SAID VALVE PORT, SAID RECIPROCATING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELEMENT STOPPING SAID RECIPROCATING MEANS WHEN THE VALVE TUBE FAILS TO REACH ITS RESTING POSITION AT THE END OF RECIPROCATION EXCURSION THEREFORM.