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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2021
Maya Almazloum, Omaha, NE (US);
Faisal K. Abou-nasr, Omaha, NE (US);
Maya Almazloum, Omaha, NE (US);
Faisal K. Abou-Nasr, Omaha, NE (US);
Other;
Abstract
An automated yogurt maker includes: a first container configured to receive milk; a first heating element configured to heat the milk to a scalding temperature; a capsule holder configured to hold a yogurt starter capsule; a nozzle configured to direct the milk into the yogurt starter capsule; a pump configured to pump the milk from the first container to the nozzle so that the milk flows through the nozzle into the yogurt starter capsule and mixes with the yogurt starter; a second container configured to receive the mixture of the milk and the yogurt starter; and a second heating element configured to maintain the temperature of the mixture at an incubation temperature while the mixture incubates to produce yogurt.