Patent ID: 7448516

Claim:
A soft serve ice cream vending machine apparatus comprising: a. a machine cabinet having an interior and an exterior, the machine cabinet including insulation along the interior to maintain a temperature within the interior; b. a door pivotably connected to said exterior of said machine cabinet, said door having an interior face and an exterior face, said door including a cup dispensing slot and an ice cream dispensing slot; c. a product dispensing button operatively connected to said exterior face of said door; d. a cup dispenser adapted to dispense a cup and operatively connected to said interior face of said door; e. a money acceptor operatively connected to said exterior face of said door, wherein said product dispensing button is enabled and said cup dispenser dispenses said cup upon acceptance of a predetermined amount of money; f. at least one flexible product container operatively connected to said interior of said machine cabinet, each of said at least one flexible product container having a valve and containing a product; g. a freezer support operatively connected to said interior of said machine cabinet; h. at least one freezer engine adapted to receive said product, said freezer engine operatively connected to said freezer support and having a spigot proximate to said ice cream dispensing slot; i. a support bar operatively connected to said interior of said machine cabinet; j. a venturi air valve operatively mounted to said support bar and operatively connected to said at least one freezer engine; k. a plurality of tubing interconnecting said at least one flexible product container and said venturi air valve; and l. a spigot control device operatively connected to said freezer engine and to said product dispensing button, whereby upon engagement of said product dispensing button said spigot control device opens said spigot for a predetermined period of time; and m. a plurality of temperature zones, each of said temperature zones insulated by said insulation to maintain a different temperature from other temperature zones.