Apparatus and method for comminuting frozen food items

Details Apparatus and method for comminuting frozen food items Apparatus and method for comminuting frozen food items

1988-11-10

1990-03-06

Yeung, George

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Processes

With cutting, or mechanically subdividing solid material,...

241 36, 2411691, 241DIG17, 426524, A23P 100, B02C 1328

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049064860

ABSTRACT:
A comminution and extrusion apparatus and method for comminuting a block of frozen food into a frozen puree and extruding the frozen puree from the apparatus. The food product is prepared from any suitable source of edible food such as fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and artificially produced food items. The edible food is prepared and then frozen into blocks which are shipped and stored in the hard-frozen state. The blocks are processed by comminution to produce a soft frozen food product suitable for immediate consumption. The apparatus includes an electric motor and a rotor that is mounted to the electric motor. A housing encloses the rotor and has a feed port for introducing a block of frozen food into contact with the rotor and a spout for removing frozen puree extruded by the rotor. The rotor includes rows of teeth angularly offset incrementally from parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor to provide a longitudinal force component to the frozen puree to extrude it from the housing. A lever is removably engaged to the motor in contact relationship with a safety switch so the movement of the lever arm beyond a predetermined position actuates the safety switch to energize the motor. A plunger is pivotally mounted to the lever arm and is used to force the block of frozen food into comminution contact with the rotor upon downward movement of the lever arm.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2905397 (1959-09-01), De Angelis et al.
patent: 4651934 (1987-03-01), Bender et al.

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