Patent ID: 7147884
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a novelty beaded frozen product and ice cream mixture comprising: producing a beaded frozen product using a flash-freezing cryogenic manufacturing process, wherein the flash-freezing cryogenic manufacturing process includes preparing an alimentary composition for freezing, dripping said alimentary composition into a freezing chamber, and freezing said alimentary composition into a beaded frozen product through exposure to a cryogenic refrigerant; storing a plurality of the beaded frozen product in a bead reservoir; maintaining the bead reservoir at a temperature sufficiently low to allow the beaded frozen product to remain free-flowing; configuring a soft-serve auger to deliver soft-serve ice cream in predetermined quantities; storing a plurality of soft-serve ice cream in a soft-serve reservoir; flowing the ice-cream from the soft-serve ice cream reservoir through the soft-serve auger; configuring a bead injection nozzle to work in conjunction with and be physically joined to the soft-serve auger; introducing the beaded frozen into the soft-serve ice cream at the soft-serve ice cream auger through the bead injection nozzle while the soft-serve ice cream is still in a flowable state; intermixing the beaded frozen with the soft-serve ice cream via the rotating action of the auger; and then freezing the intermixed beaded frozen and soft-serve ice cream in a manner that preserves the beaded composition of the beaded frozen product.