Devices and methods for producing a product from frozen material

摘要

Devices for processing frozen blocks of material, such as a fruit mixture, fruit and cream mixture, or fruit and yoghurt mixture, and methods for their use are disclosed. The devices have an auger within a mixing tube (5, 6) and the frozen material enters the tube at a right angle to the axis of the auger and tube. The auger may have at least one threaded section that cuts and shears the frozen material to force the resulting product out an orifice. In an alternative embodiment the auger and missing tube includes a cylindrical section and a conical section, both sections acting to cut and shear the frozen material while moving the resulting product out an orifice.