Patent ID: 7100392
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: A23G,B01F

Abstract:
1. A machine for producing granita and similar beverages, comprising a machine casing ( 1 ) including a refrigeration circuit and an electrical circuitry for the machine control, and a bowl ( 2 ) designed to receive a water solution to be transformed into a granita, having a bottom ( 9 ), a cover ( 3 ) and a granita dispensing tap ( 4 ) and containing a cooling drum ( 11 ) with high heat-exchange, the cooling drum ( 11 ) being crossed along its longitudinal axis by a rotating shaft ( 13 ) to which removing means are mounted to remove, by skimming, crystals of iced solution formed on the surface of the cooling drum ( 11 ), characterized in that said cooling drum ( 11 ) has its longitudinal axis (y) lying substantially orthogonal to the bottom ( 9 ) of the bowl ( 2 ), and said removing means includes at least one mainly scraping element ( 15 ) situated on a longitudinal central plane with respect to the cooling drum ( 11 ) and at least one mainly conveying element ( 16 ), which is inclined with respect to the mainly scraping element ( 15 ) and connected thereto.