Patent ID: 6698228
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A23G,F25B,F25C,G07F

Abstract:
Apparatus for dispensing a food product comprisinga rotary surface having a central axis and a periphery; motive means for rotating the rotary surface about said axis; depositing means spaced above the rotary surface for depositing a selected amount of liquid product mix on the rotary surface while that is rotating so that the liquid product body, and product delivery means disposed between the depositing means and the rotary surface, said delivery means including scraping means supported above the rotary surface and having a working edge engaging the rotary surface while said rotary surface is rotating to scrape the at least partially solidified product body into a ridge row on said rotary surface; leveling means spaced above said rotary surface to establish a gap therewith, said leveling means being positioned ahead of the scraping means so as to level the liquid product mix on said rotary surface while said rotary surface is rotating to the height of said gap prior to the formation of said at least partially solidified product body, and removing means for removing said ridge row from the rotary surface as said food product.