Patent ID: 7681761

Claim:
A soft serve food product manufacturing, storage, and dispensing machine, comprising: a source of soft serve food product; a closed loop circulation system adapted to receive soft serve food product from the source, the closed loop circulation system comprising an emulsification assembly adapted to emulsify the soft serve food product in the closed loop circulation system; and a dispensing head connected to the closed loop circulation system adapted to dispense the soft serve food product from the closed loop circulation system; in which the emulsification assembly comprises a plurality of emulsification chambers connected in series; in which each emulsification chamber has a first end and a second end, an inlet connected to the first end, and an outlet connected to the second end; and in which said each emulsification chamber contains a rotatable whipping assembly extending from the first end to the second end of the emulsification chamber, the whipping assembly comprising first and second end pieces supporting a plurality of longitudinally extending rods connected between the end pieces, each rod being radially displaced from an axis of rotation of the whipping assembly.