Patent ID: 6258394
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A47J,B01F

Abstract:
A method of delivering a beverage comprising the steps of:filling a container (12) with beverage liquid contents,placing a stirring shaft (26,126) in the container (12),hermetically sealing a cover (20) to the container (12) with the stirring shaft (26,126) extending upwardly through and above the cover (20),hermetically sealing the stirring shaft (26,126) to the cover (20) at the point where the shaft (26,126) extends through the cover (20) with a sanitary seal,freezing the liquid contents in the container (12),storing the container (12) with the frozen contents therein in a dispensing machine,maintaining the contents frozen in the container (12) while stored in the dispensing machine,dispensing the containers (12) while stored in the dispensing machine one at a time to a drive device on the dispensing machine in response to a dispensing signal,activating the drive device, andengaging the stirring shaft (26,126) with the drive device outside the cover (20) to both break the sanitary seal and rotate the stirring shaft (26,126) sufficient to mix the liquid contents.