摘要 |
<p>A dispenser (10) for a soft-serve food product (90) includes a housing (11) having a dispensing chute (17) and a piston (20) having a head (19) positioned therewithin. A lateral wall (13), the piston head (19), and a front door (14) define an enclosed hollow space (12). The head (19) is slidable within the lateral wall (13) for squeezing a deformable container (91) to dispense product (90) through the chute (17). A system (40) for preparing and dispensing a soft-serve food product includes a tempering freezer (43) for raising a temperature of the food product from hard-frozen to a condition for soft-serve dispensing. An apparatus (95) for packaging a soft-serve confection into a multiple-serving-size container (96) for transport includes a blender for blending ingredients together to form a blended product and a device for transferring the blended product into a deformable container (91). The deformable container (91) is transferred into a substantially rigid mold (98) and frozen to a hardened state for transport and retention.</p> |