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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2008
Michael Milan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Robert C Hendricks, Columbia, MD (US);
Jack Durban, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Michael Milan, Bethesda, MD (US);
Robert C Hendricks, Columbia, MD (US);
Jack Durban, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Enterprise Express, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A smoothie dispenser (S,A) comprises a frame (); a smoothie receptacle storage section (); and a receptacle conformed chiller section (). The smoothie receptacle storage section () is provided within the frame () and configured to house plural smoothie receptacles () at a first temperature. The chiller section () is arranged to receive a selected smoothie receptacle released from the smoothie receptacle storage section and configured to crystallize contents of the selected smoothie receptacle. The receptacle conformed chiller section () is 'receptacle conformed' in the sense that a surface of the chiller section is configured to conform to (e.g., have a surface of shape to mate with or to form substantially greater than linear contact with) at least a portion an exterior profile or periphery of the selected smoothie receptacle.