Patent ID: 7665398

Claim:
Apparatus for dispensing a chilled viscous confection comprising a blend of frozen edible base product and edible ingredient solids, the apparatus comprising: a freezer producing a frozen edible base product and having a freezer outlet for dispensing the frozen edible base product; a blender having an adapter coupled to said freezer outlet for receiving the frozen base product from said freezer, and said blender having a blended product outlet; said blender having a first passageway from said adapter toward said blended product outlet for movement of said frozen base product from said freezer outlet toward said blended product outlet; a plurality of containers for different ingredient solids; a plurality of valves, said valves being associated with different ones of said containers for controlling delivery of solids from said containers; a second passageway associated with said valves to receive solids delivered from said containers and enable movement of said delivered solids toward said blended product outlet; a conveyor auger having a portion in said second passageway for blending solids with said frozen base product during movement of said base product toward said blended product outlet; an auger drive motor coupled to said auger for driving said auger; and a controller coupled to said valves and having a selector for selecting and enabling selected ones of said valves to operate in sequence during movement of frozen base product from said freezer outlet toward said blended product outlet for producing a blend of selected ones of said ingredient solids in said frozen base product.