Combined particulate and conventional ice cream
View Patent ↗An apparatus and method for combining particulate and traditional conventional ice cream is disclosed.
1. An apparatus for manufacturing combined conventional and particulate ice cream, comprising:
a cryogenic processor, for use in producing particulate ice cream beads;
a mechanism for producing conventional ice cream; and
a blending means.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said blending apparatus further comprises:
a variable speed fruit and nut feeder, for managing and measurably dispersing the beads at a suitable rate for combination with the conventional ice cream.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said blending apparatus further comprises:
a stuffing pump, for combining the beads with the conventional ice cream.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said blending apparatus further comprises:
a static mixer, for combining the beads with the conventional ice cream.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising.
a container for holding the combined product, wherein the contained is made of a waffle product.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a mechanism which controls the flow of semi-liquid conventional from the barrel freezer.
7. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the stuffing pump ensures that a pre-configurable percentage of beads are inserted into the semi-frozen soft ice cream, yet regulates the pressure and flow such that the beads are not crushed.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the stuffing pump feeds back information to a central control device which can automatically make real-time adjustments to the variable speed fruit and nut feeder.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the central control device is located at a standard room temperature environment separate from the food-preparation environment, and information communicated thereto could be wirelessly or remotely transmitted to the stuffing pump and other mechanisms via wireless communication.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said blending means further comprises:
a mixing apparatus powered by a drive motor.
11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said blending means further comprises:
a twist-lock changeable pattern mechanism.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said blending means further comprises:
a changeable pattern stencil located at the bottom of an empty container and is raised at the same rate that a container is filled with combined ice cream.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the blending means contains two separate nozzles, one for conventional ice cream and one for particulate ice cream.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the particulate nozzle can rotate, zigzag, or move in a variety of directions.
15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the blended ice cream products have glow-in-the-dark properties.
16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the blended ice cream is molded onto a stick and then dipped into chocolate or fudge after molding.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the blended ice cream is dipped into nuts.
18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the blended ice cream has a fruity consistency and is dipped into a coating adaptable with fruit.
19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the stick is rounded rather than flat.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the blended product can be pushed up through the container by a consumer.
21. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the blended ice creams are shaped by the mold into a cylindrical rather than rectangular shape, for packaging purposes.
22. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of beads are located inside ice cubes.
23. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of beads are fixedly frozen inside a straw.
24. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the blended ice cream mix is encased in an ice cream sandwich structure.
25. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a layer of blended ice cream mix is positioned between two layers of cake slabs and then pressed and frozen together.