Patent ID: 8561839

Claim:
A machine for making and dispensing iced food products, comprising: a tank for containing and processing an iced food product to be dispensed; a dispensing tap mounted near ache bottom of the tank; a power-driven stirring mechanism associated with the tank; an evaporator of a cooling circuit associated with the tank; and a counter of an amount of the iced food product dispensed, the counter including: a unit for measuring the amount of iced food product dispensed; and a unit for enabling measurement having a temperature sensor located along a product dispensing path for sensing a temperature of a material being dispensed through the product dispensing path; the unit for measuring operating to count an amount of the material being dispensed through the product dispensing path when the sensed temperature of the material being dispensed is below a predetermined threshold, thereby indicating that the material being dispensed is the iced food product; the unit for measuring not counting the amount of the material being dispensed through the product dispensing path when the sensed temperature of the material being dispensed is above the predetermined threshold, thereby indicating that the material being dispensed is other than the iced food product.