Abstract: A device is provided for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture. The device includes a first sub-unit, a second sub-unit, and a cooling unit. The first cup holder has a cavity configured for releasably receiving a cup in which the frozen food product is to be prepared from the liquid mixture, and a first stirring unit associated with the first cup holder. The second sub-unit has a second cup holder with a cavity configured for releasably receiving a cup in which the frozen food product is to be prepared from the liquid mixture, and a second stirring unit associated with the second cup holder. The cooling unit is configured for cooling the cavity of the first and/or second cup holder during an operational phase of respectively the first and/or second sub-unit.

Abstract: A device is provided for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture. The device includes a first sub-unit, a second sub-unit, and a cooling unit. The first cup holder has a cavity configured for releasably receiving a cup in which the frozen food product is to be prepared from the liquid mixture, and a first stirring unit associated with the first cup holder. The second sub-unit has a second cup holder with a cavity configured for releasably receiving a cup in which the frozen food product is to be prepared from the liquid mixture, and a second stirring unit associated with the second cup holder. The cooling unit is configured for cooling the cavity of the first and/or second cup holder during an operational phase of respectively the first and/or second sub-unit.

Abstract: A cup is provided for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture with a stirring element stirring liquid mixture in the cup being cooled by a cooling unit of the device. The cup includes a cup wall enclosing a holding volume for liquid mixture and frozen food product. At the inside of the cup, the cup wall includes an inner bottom portion, a circumferential inner upright portion, and a circumferential inner transition portion extending from the inner bottom portion to the inner upright portion.

Abstract: A cup is provided for a device for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture with a stirring element of the device stirring the liquid mixture in the cup while the cup is being cooled by a cooling unit of the device. The device includes a cup holder with a cavity for receiving the cup. The cup holder includes a first upper surface surrounding an entrance opening of the cavity, and is provided on the first upper surface with at least one upwards first protrusion. The cup has a predetermined height such that the cup extends a predetermined distance above the first upper surface. The cup includes at its top a circumferential flange provided with at least one first extension, which is arranged such that it contacts the at least one first protrusion for preventing rotation of the cup in the cavity.

Abstract: A device is provided for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture wherein the failure to correctly mix the liquid mixture is alleviated. The device includes a cup holder, a cooling unit, and a stirring unit having a stirring element, a motor, and a coupling element configured for releasably coupling the stirring element to the motor. The coupling element includes a fixed part and a translating part, wherein the fixed part includes a proximity sensor arranged to detect the distance of the translating part relative to the fixed part to generate an activation signal when the distance is below a predetermined proximity threshold.

Abstract: A device for preparing frozen food product from a liquid mixture includes: a cup holder for a cup for preparing the frozen food product, a cooling unit for cooling the cavity, a stirring unit for stirring liquid mixture in the cup with a stirring element driven with a motor, a torque sensor for measuring torque applied by the motor, and a control unit configured for: starting an operational phase of the device, monitoring in a first period before a first time the torque of the motor, determining a linear increase of the torque in the first period, monitoring, after the first time, the torque of the motor, and if with respect to the linear increase of the torque in the first period an increase above a threshold occurs in the monitored torque, then initiating an ice cream termination phase, otherwise a sorbet termination phase.

Abstract: A device is provided for preparing a frozen food product from a liquid mixture wherein the messy removal of the stirring unit is alleviated. The device includes a cup holder, a cooling unit, and a stirring unit having a stirring element, a motor, and a coupling element configured for releasably coupling the stirring element to the motor. The stirring element is releasably coupled to the coupling element by a bayonet coupling, and the motor is arranged for rotating in a first direction during an operational phase, thereby imparting a forward stirring motion to the stirring element, and for rotating in a second direction opposite to the first direction during a termination phase following the operational phase, thereby imparting a reverse stirring motion to the stirring element such that the stirring element decouples from the coupling element.