Patent ID: 6155461
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
A frozen dessert dispenser comprising:a heat-insulating box having a side formed with an opening closed and opened by a heat-insulating door;a cooling unit for cooling an atmosphere in the heat-insulating box;a dispensing cylinder formed into the shape of a vessel and having an open end, the cylinder including a lid for closing and opening the open end thereof and a piston provided therein for sliding motion, the open end having a notch in an edge thereof, the cylinder including a pack accommodating chamber defined between the piston and the lid therein so that a frozen dessert pack is accommodated into the pack accommodating chamber when the lid is opened, the frozen dessert pack including a dessert discharging cylinder fitted into the notch when the frozen dessert pack is accommodated into the pack accommodating chamber and a frozen dessert filling the pack;a bracket for mounting the dispensing cylinder and hingedly mounted on a backside of the door so as to be rotatable, the bracket positioning the dispensing cylinder in the heat-insulating box and being rotated relative to the door so that the dispensing cylinder is inclined from a standing position where the dispensing cylinder stands along the door to an inclined position where the open end of the dispensing cylinder is spaced away from the door; anda pressure pump for supplying and discharging an operating fluid to and from a pressure chamber defined in the dispensing cylinder, the pressure chamber being located in a space opposite the pack accommodating chamber with respect to the piston.