Apparatus and process for preparing frozen confectionery products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9392809-B2
Application number	US-201314389060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2013
Priority date	Apr 5, 2012
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus for producing frozen confectionery products is provided, the apparatus comprising: means for supplying a frozen confection to the inlets of a nozzle; the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; the apertures having a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm; means for moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion. A process for producing frozen confectionery products, the process comprising: supplying a frozen confection to a nozzle, the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; wherein the apertures have a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm; extruding the frozen confection from the chamber of the nozzle through the apertures of the extrusion plate; and simultaneously moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion; and stopping the flow of the frozen confection is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A process for producing frozen confectionery products, the process comprising
supplying a frozen confection to a nozzle, the nozzle comprising a chamber and an extrusion plate, wherein the extrusion plate defines one or more apertures; wherein the apertures have a width of from 1 to 5 mm and a length of at least 10 mm;
extruding the frozen confection from the chamber of the nozzle through the apertures of the extrusion plate; and
simultaneously moving the nozzle in the opposite direction to the direction of extrusion; and
stopping the flow of the frozen confection;
wherein the speed of motion of the nozzle is the same as the speed of extrusion of the ice cream; and
wherein a gas is forced from further openings located between the apertures of the extrusion plate.

2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the frozen confection is extruded into a receptacle.

3. A process according to claim 1 wherein the frozen confection is extruded at a temperature of −5° C. or below.

4. A process according to claim 1 wherein the step of extruding the frozen confection provides adjacent extruded walls of the frozen confection.

5. A process according to claim 4 wherein the gas forced from the further openings between the apertures is directed between the adjacent extruded walls and is configured to separate the adjacent extruded walls from one another.

6. A process according to claim 5 wherein the apertures define a nested arrangement of curved shapes configured to form the adjacent extruded walls into a shape of a flower portion.

Assignees

• Conopco Inc

Inventors

• Binley Gary Norman
• Shao Zhimin

Classifications

• A23G9/322

  Products for covering, coating, finishing, decorating · CPC title

• A23G9/28

  for portioning or dispensing · CPC title

• A23G9/506

  products with an edible support, e.g. a cornet · CPC title

• A23L1/0076

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A23G2220/14

  being an edible support, e.g. a cornet · CPC title