Patent ID: 6599007
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A23G,G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for agitating ice cream in an ice cream vending machine, comprising:a screw member rotatably disposed on an inner lower side of a canister; a worm wheel disposed in engaging contact with the screw member, and rotatably driven by rotational movement of the screw member; and an agitating member, comprising a resilient wire shaped in approximately a rectangular shape, and having a contact portion protruding from the a lower end of the agitating member for providing contact with teeth of the worm wheel, and an upper end positioned adjacent an inner upper side of the canister, the agitating member agitating ice cream particles filled in the upper and lower portions of the canister evenly by being resiliently vibrated upward and downward by rotational movement of the worm wheel.