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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Nestec S.a., Vevey, CH;
Massimiliano Ricco, Parma, IT;
Jean-Michel Marchon, Beauvais, FR;
Nestec S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A frozen confectionery product, a method of manufacturing same, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus manufactures a frozen confectionery product by rotary vertical extrusion. The apparatus comprises a nozzle at least one ice cream passage with at least one inlet port and an outlet portion, and at least one chocolate passage with respectively an inlet port and an outlet port. The outlet ports are provided in the nozzle and have elongated cross-sections, and each chocolate outlet port extends in parallel to an ice cream outlet port, so as to form annular or helical chocolate layers upon rotation of the nozzle and the container with respect to each other.