Apparatus for making frozen food products
1987
Sharpe, V.G. | Beers, D.G.
An apparatus for making frozen food products, particularly ice cream or the like, wherein the apparatus is interchangeable with the existing ice dispenser unit in the freezer compartment of a domestic refrigerator provided with an automatic ice maker unit, which apparatus includes a housing for containing the frozen food product mix, an auger blade disposed within the housing for stirring the mix during convection heat exchange between the mix and the interior of the freezer compartment, a drive assembly for detachably connecting either the auger blade or mix housing to the existing ice dispenser unit drive motor, and a user operated timer assembly for actuating the drive motor to operate same for a predetermined period of time in accordance with the desired consistency of the final product. A switch assembly is incorporated in the circuitry of the refrigerator for direct activation by the timer assembly for the dual purpose of operating the drive motor and placing the refrigerator compressor in continuous operation. An integral timer is preferably disposed in the switch assembly circuit for causing cylindrical operation of the drive motor0472to prevent failure of same which might otherwise occur during its continuous operati
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