Patent ID: 8572998

Claim:
A machine for making ice-cream products comprising: a whipping and freezing unit having a substantially horizontal axis; an inspection door connected to one end of the whipping and freezing unit to allow access to an interior of the whipping and freezing unit, the inspection door having a dispensing hole positioned below the substantially horizontal axis for placing the whipping and freezing unit in fluid communication with an outside environment when the inspection door is closed; a dispensing door for selectively opening and closing the dispensing hole; wherein the dispensing door comprises a separator rotatably connected to the inspection door and having an opening, wherein rotation of the separator relative to the inspection door, with the substantially horizontal axis of the whipping and freezing unit being a center of the rotation of the separator when the inspection door is closed, selectively slides the opening of the separator between a position of no overlap with the dispensing hole whereby the dispensing hole is closed, and a position of overlap with the dispensing hole whereby the dispensing hole is open for dispensing a quantity of ice-cream product from the whipping and freezing unit to the outside environment.