Patent ID: 6820765
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A23G,F25D

Abstract:
A freezer for maintaining a frozen food product at an optimum soft-serve temperature and dispensing such product into a receiving vessel, said freezer comprising:an insulated housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper and lower portions interacting with one another to create a compact collapsed storage configuration and a vertically extended dispensing configuration; thermally conductive means positioned centrally from said insulated housing; temperature adjusting means adapted for raising and lowering the temperature of said thermally conductive means; power supply means adapted for operation of said temperature adjusting means; a dispensing chamber configured for containing a food product, said dispensing chamber also positioned so that it is in contact with and substantially surrounded by said thermally conductive means; temperature sensing means adapted for monitoring the current temperature of the food product within said dispensing chamber; pattern cap dispensing means positioned through the bottom end of said dispensing chamber; and pressure means adapted for moving varying amounts of food product through said pattern cap dispensing means and beyond said dispensing chamber.