Patent ID: 6722871
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: A23G,A47J

Abstract:
A frozen food product dispensing assembly for removing frozen food product from a container, comprising:a removal portion having first and second sides and sized and configured to be disposed with said first side adjacent the open end of a container extending into the container at said first side, including a retrieval arm on said first side of the removal portion including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a closed curvilinear surface extending between said leading and trailing edges, said leading and trailing edges and said closed curvilinear surface forming a channel having an outer end and an inner terminus, said trailing edge projecting deeper into the container than said leading edge, said leading edge and said trailing edge configured to engage frozen food product in the container and to direct a thickness of frozen food product into said channel to roll the thickness of frozen food product around itself as the frozen food product is moved along from said outer end of said channel to said inner terminus of said channel as said retrieval arm and the open end of the container are rotated relative to one another, and a collection compartment at the inner terminus at said channel, said collection compartment disposed on said first side of said removal portion and adjacent said inner terminus of said channels, said collection compartment having an at least partially closed outer wall on said first side of said removal portion, an open side directed towards said second side of said removal portion, an interior wall, and an opening thereinto from said channel of said retrieval arm, whereby the frozen food product engaged by said retrieval arm as said retrieval arm and the container are rotated relative to one another is fed through said opening into said collection compartment, said collection of frozen food product within said collection compartment as said retrieval arm is rotated relative to the container occurring along said first side of the removal portion.