Splendid Blend System, Inc.

Baskin-robbins Usa, Co.

James V Broussalian

John W Gilliom

Robert L Weber

Edgardo J Garcie-Caes

A dispenser for frozen soft serve confections comprises a refrigerated dispensing cabinet. One or more rigid cartridges containing frozen soft serve confection are releasably mounted within the interior of the dispensing cabinet. Each cartridge uses compressed air to urge the frozen confection from the cartridge through a valve assembly. A valve assembly comprises a valve body that defines a passageway that connects an inlet opening at the cartridge with an outlet opening outside the dispensing cabinet. A valve for alternatively blocking or permitting flow of frozen confection through the passageway is provided at the outlet opening. The valve can include a piston that is moved between the opened and closed positions by a lever. The valve can also include an inflatable bladder that is alternatively inflated or deflated by compressed air that flows through a push button switch. When inflated, the flow of frozen confection is prevented and when deflated, flow is permitted. If a bladder valve is used, a leak detection system senses any leak in the compressed air system and operates a pressure switch to simultaneously block further flow of compressed air to the cartridge and depressurized the cartridge to prevent the contents of the cartridge from spilling.

Dispensing valve for frozen soft serve confections

A dispenser for frozen soft serve confections comprises a refrigerated dispensing cabinet. One or more rigid cartridges containing frozen soft serve confection are releasably mounted within the interior of the dispensing cabinet. A valve assembly comprises a valve plunger housing and a valve plunger. The housing is mounted within the interior of the dispenser cabinet and comprises an entrance port for receiving frozen soft serve confection from the cartridge and a bore which intersects with the entrance port. The valve plunger is slideably disposed within the bore. The plunger has an elongated body with a hollow interior chamber, a rearward entrance opening and a forward exit opening. The valve plunger extends through the wall of the dispensing cabinet and the exit opening is outside of the dispensing cabinet. The valve plunger is afforded lengthwise movement within the bore between an open position wherein the entrance opening of the valve plunger is aligned with the entrance port of the housing and frozen soft serve confection is allowed to flow through the entrance port of the housing and the valve plunger and a closed position wherein the plunger blocks the flow of frozen soft serve confection through the entrance port of the housing.

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Sepulveda, CA, United States of America

James V Broussalian