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OBrien
[54] ICE-CREAM MAKER
[75] Inventor: William J. OBrien, Vaucluse,
Patent Number:
Date of Patent:
2,252,043
Jan. 5, 1988
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ABSTRACT
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ICE-CREAM MAKER
rechargeable cells.
A further object of the invention is to provide a do
mestic ice cream maker of the third category of im
proved effectiveness insofar as the time required for
blade was rotated. Ice-cream makers of this kind are at 20 directly onto the icecream mix. In this connection, it has
are expensive.
stream of air directed downwardly onto the surface of
A third form of apparatus has been marketed consist
an icecream mix in the container.
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ing simply of a container having within it a rotatable
In preferred forms of the invention the electric motor
mixing blade driven by a small electric motor which is
or
electric motors for driving the mixing blade and the
powered through a connecting cord by means of which
fan
or fans is or are powered by a battery pack so that
the motor is connected to the electric mains. Such ice
the icecream maker is a self-contained unit that may be
cream makers are simply placed in the freezing com
mostatic control is provided so that when the consis 45 preferred to use a mixing blade of a con?guration such
tency of the ice-cream mix is such as to cause the motor
to overheat a thermostat switch switches the motor off.
believed to be due to an irrational fear on the part of 60 cream maker according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof with the upper cover
users of introducing into a refrigerator a mains powered
partially broken away to expose the parts underneath;
electrical device. This is despite the fact that in some
FIG. 3 is a developed drawing of the transmission
cases the voltage applied to the motor is only 24 volts.
gear system;
One object of the present invention is to provide
domestic ice-cream makers of the third category in 65 FIGS. 40 and 4b are views of the mixing blade; and
FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view of the container
which the use of a mains connection is dispensed with
illustrating the effect of rotating the blade in an ice
by providing a battery pack which forms part of the
cream mix.
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washing.
adopted for the blade is that the ice cream mix is not
only stirred as the mixing blade rotates, but also gaps are
formed between the ice cream mix and the container
into which air from the fans 23 and 24 can penetrate.
In use, the container 13 is ?lled with a liquid ice
and the parts are connected by the bayonet joint 12. The
whole machine is then inserted into the freezing com
partment of a refrigerator and operation of the motor
frozen crust on the ice cream mix immediately beneath 60 started by means of the switch 27. The mixing blade 14
the fans which is subsequently incorporated into the mix
is rotated continuously by the action of the motor 22
by the action of the mixing blade 14. Whether or not
and the fans 23 and 24 send a current of air onto the
this is correct it has been found empirically that the use
of two fans produces a very satisfactory icecream
within a time well within the capacity of the cells 18.
The cells 18, the motor 22 and the motors driving fans
23 and 24 are connected in an electric circuit details of
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freezer, comprising:
an axis;
pack.
container; and
trate.
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