Apparatus for delivering frozen confection comprising particulate material

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11712046
APP PUB NO 20200260755A1
SERIAL NO

16067866

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An apparatus (10) for delivering particulate material (50) to a flowing stream of frozen confectionery material (40) to provide a single serving to a consumer, the apparatus comprising: a dispenser for the particulate material; and a dispenser for providing the flowing stream of confectionery material flowing vertically downwards from an outlet (22), the flowing stream having an outer surface; wherein the dispenser for the particulate material comprises a particulate material deposition device (12) for depositing the particulate material at a common particulate deposition location (30), and a plurality of chutes (26), each chute arranged to catch deposited particulate material and redirect it in a substantially horizontal direction to collide with the outer surface of the flowing stream of frozen confectionery, each chute (26) beginning at the common particulate deposition location (30) and spreading out from each other to each deposit the particulates at a different radial location around the flowing stream of frozen confectionery.

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CONOPCO INC D/B/A UNILEVER800 SYLVAN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632

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Harrison, Frederick Jethro Cambridge, GB 12 88
Lanzon-Miller, Joshua Matthew Alessandro Milton Keynes, GB 1 0
Scott, Paul Histon, GB 58 372
Stockdale, Andrew Julian Haslingfield, GB 6 14

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