Patent ID: 11963539
Assignee: SOLO GELATO LTD.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An appliance for processing of ingredients and preparing a finished edible product therefrom, the appliance comprising a processing chamber, wherein
a port unit is associated with the chamber and fitted onto a chamber opening,
the port unit is switchable between at least two operational states that comprise a loading state in which the port unit establishes a flow communication between a source of the ingredients and the chamber's interior and a dispensing state in which the port unit establishes flow communication between the chamber's interior and a dispensing outlet for dispensing the finished product,
the port unit comprises a housing, a dispensing shoot, and a displaceable plunger for switching between the two states, the housing accommodating the displaceable plunger that is displaceable between a first position in which the chamber opening is in communication with the dispensing shoot and a second position in which the displaceable plunger blocks the chamber opening, and
defined within the displaceable plunger is a linking conduit linking between a first conduit end for coupling with the source of the ingredients and a second conduit end that in said second position is aligned with and opens into the chamber opening and is blocked in said first position.