Patent ID: 7316122
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A23G,A23L

Abstract:
1. A dropper assembly for feeding liquid composition to a freezing chamber, comprising: at least one tray overlying a freezing chamber and disposed to receive liquid composition from a delivery source, said tray having a bottom wall with a plurality of orifices through which the received liquid composition is directed wherein the tray is enclosed and is responsive to a pulse pump operated using a piston; a plurality of projections extending perpendicular from a lower surface of said tray and disposed for regulated discharge of said liquid composition from said tray and for feeding said liquid composition to said freezing chamber in uniformly sized droplets, each of said plurality of projections being aligned in fluid communication with one of said plurality of orifices in said bottom wall of said tray; and a programmable logic controller configured to account for a number of trays being used and to calculate the volume of liquid composition to apply to each tray; wherein said projections are affixed to said orifices and said tray using a precision welding process.