Abstract: A machine for making ice cream includes a production unit including a processing container. The machine also includes a thermal treatment system associated with the processing container and a dispenser operatively connected to the processing container to allow extracting an ice cream type product from the machine. The machine also includes a supporting body fitted under the dispenser and a supporting element connected removably to the supporting body. The supporting element includes a receiving cavity, configured to reversibly house a container used to contain the ice cream type product delivered by the dispenser, and cooling means configured to cool the supporting element.

Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, includes: at least one container for containing the product to be processed; and at least one stirrer, mounted inside the container, to rotate about an axis of rotation. The stirrer includes at least: a first protuberance extending along the axis of rotation; a plurality of scraping elements, each provided with a cavity for accommodating the first protuberance; a first locking element, removably associable with the first protuberance and movable between an engaged position, where it is locked to the first protuberance to couple the scraping elements to the first protuberance, and a disengaged position, where it is movable relative to the first protuberance to allow uncoupling the scraping elements.

Abstract: A machine for making and dispensing food emulsions, Includes, in combination: a containing receptacle; a product processing system including at least: a texturizer; a pump connected, at an inlet end, to the containing receptacle and, at an outlet end, to the texturizer; and a dispensing device including a delivery duct, connected to the texturizer, and having a delivery port for delivering the emulsified product. The dispensing device includes: a first chamber, associated with a portion of the delivery duct; a plug member, disposed inside said first chamber and movable between a delivery duct open position and a delivery duct closed position; and a diaphragm connected to the plug member and defining a separating wall of the first chamber.

Abstract: A thermodynamic system for cooling/heating a container containing food products of the liquid or semi-liquid type, including a circuit employing a heat exchanger fluid, preferably transcritical, including: a compressor with a first inlet and a first outlet for the fluid and a second inlet and a second outlet for the fluid; a first heat exchanger including an inlet for the fluid, connected to the second outlet, and an outlet for the fluid, the first heat exchanger including an inlet and an outlet for a service fluid; a second heat exchanger for the container; an inlet branch for the fluid, extending from the outlet for the heat exchanger fluid of the first heat exchanger to an inlet of the second heat exchanger; an outlet branch for the fluid, extending from the second heat exchanger outlet to the compressor first inlet; a control and drive unit.

Abstract: A pasteurizing machine for treating liquid or semi-liquid food base products, including: a container adapted to allow the liquid or semi-liquid base products to be processed and treated by pasteurization; a stirring device, mounted inside the container and driven by drive means to stir the mixture consisting of the liquid or semi-liquid base products; drive means, configured to drive the stirring device; a thermal treatment system, including an exchanger associated with the container to heat the mixture consisting of said liquid or semi-liquid base products inside the container; at least one control unit, adapted to control the operation of the drive means; wherein said drive means comprise a brushless electric motor provided with a rotor including permanent magnets for producing the magnetic field needed to generate the movement.

Abstract: A thermodynamic system for cooling/heating a container containing food products of the liquid or semi-liquid type, includes a circuit employing a heat exchanger fluid, preferably transcritical, having at least: a compressor with a first inlet and first outlet for the fluid and a second inlet and second outlet for the fluid; a first heat exchanger including an inlet for the fluid, connected to the second outlet, and an outlet for the fluid, the first heat exchanger further including an inlet and an outlet for a service fluid; a second heat exchanger for the container; an inlet branch for the fluid, extending from the first heat exchanger outlet for the heat exchanger fluid to an inlet of the second heat exchanger; an outlet branch for the heat exchanger fluid, extending from the outlet of the second heat exchanger to the first inlet of the compressor; a control and drive unit.

Abstract: A machine for making and dispensing liquid and/or semi-liquid food products includes: a container for containing the product to be processed and dispensed, the container having a discharge outlet for the product to be dispensed; a stirrer positioned inside the container; a thermal treatment system, associated with the container to treat the product thermally; a dispensing tap mounted on the discharge outlet and including a hollow supporting body and a shutter that is slidably mounted in the supporting body to be movable between an open position, allowing the product to come out through the discharge outlet, and a closed position, preventing the product from coming out through the discharge outlet, a lever movably connected to the shutter, the lever being hinged to the supporting body to rotate relative thereto to allow the shutter to be moved between the open position and the closed position.

Abstract: A method for making a single portion of an ice cream product includes, in sequence: providing a machine for making single-portion gelato with a batch freezing chamber and a stirrer mounted inside the chamber; preloading the chamber with a portion of base mixture; turning on the cooling of the chamber and mixing the portion of base mixture in the chamber to keep the portion of base mixture in a semiliquid, standby condition at a predetermined temperature of between ?5° C. and 5° C.; feeding an additional base liquid and/or a desired flavoring into the batch freezing chamber, defining a predetermined gelato flavor; turning on the simultaneous cooling and stirring mode of the chamber to convert the base mixture with the added additional liquid and/or flavoring into a single portion of gelato having the predetermined flavor; dispensing the single gelato portion made in the chamber into a serving container.

Abstract: A pneumatically actuated valve includes a valve body, an inlet duct connected to the valve body and an outlet duct connected to the same valve body, a shut-off valve acting to selectively interrupt or allow the connection between the inlet duct and the outlet duct, a control chamber associated with the valve body and includes a first deformable membrane and a second deformable membrane which are adapted to form a flexible wall delimiting a closed, sealed space inside the control chamber and which operate on the shut-off valve. The valve further includes a spacing element interposed between the first deformable membrane and the second deformable membrane to define an intermediate chamber between the first deformable membrane and the second deformable membrane, the intermediate chamber being without fluid sealing.

Abstract: A machine for processing and preserving liquid or semi-liquid food products, includes: a frame having an upper surface; a container for the product with an internal stirrer, the upper surface having an opening to the container; an actuator rotates the stirrer relative to the container or vice-versa; a refrigeration system, including: a closed circuit to circulate a heat transfer fluid, an evaporator, associated with the container, a compressor, a condenser, and a lamination member; a cover movable between a closed position for access to the container via the opening, and an open position, allowing access to the container, the cover defining in the closed position a volume between an internal surface of the cover and the upper surface; an air suction system within the volume including a suction unit and a suction mouth in fluid communication with the volume; a control unit controls the actuator and the suction unit.

Abstract: A machine for making and dispensing food emulsions, including: at least one containment body; a tank located inside the containment body and provided with walls having an outside surface; a container for holding the product to be emulsified, which is inside the tank; a processing system for processing the product which is inside the tank and comprising at least one product processing circuit, a pump connected to the container, and a texturizer, the product passing along the processing circuit in order: the pump and the texturizer; a dispensing duct connected to the texturizer and having a dispensing port for dispensing the emulsified product; a cooling chamber for cooling the tank, extending around the tank between the outside surface of the tank and the containment body, the cooling chamber being configured to enclose the evaporator within it.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus for controlling the quality of a food product, including a quality control module, equipped with: at least one sensorized device, the sensorized device being adapted to detect at least one parameter regarding a property of a food product; a processing and control unit connected to the sensorized device for receiving the detected value regarding a property of a food product; the processing unit is configured to derive a quality indication of the food product based on the value detected by the sensorized device, and the apparatus includes a communication module connected to the processing and control unit and configured to transmit information relating to the derived quality indication.

Abstract: A machine for making liquid or semiliquid or semisolid food products, comprising: a processing container for processing base products; a stirrer adapted to mix products inside the processing container that processes the base products; a thermal treatment system, configured to exchange heat with the processing container that processes the base products; a control unit, connected to the thermal treatment system and to the stirrer to drive them, at least one sensor, configured to detect an operating parameter of the machine; a first artificial intelligence control module, configured to define a pre-trained classifier having at least one input and at least one output, where the at least one input is connected to the sensor; a drive module connected to the output of the first control module and at least to the thermal treatment system and/or to the stirrer.

Abstract: A display counter for making and keeping liquid or semi-liquid food products is characterized in that it is made up of a plurality of modules, each defining at least one product processing position and adapted to be connectable to each other in a plurality of configurations and combinations so that the display counter can adopt a plurality of operational compositions.

Abstract: Described is a machine for making liquid or semi-liquid food products, including a first container for processing a liquid or semi-liquid base product defining a processing chamber and a stirrer for mixing the product of the first processing container. The machine also includes a plurality of detection devices designed to detect a quantity or an operating parameter of said machine and to generate a signal representative of the quantity or of the operating parameter. The machine includes a processing and control unit configured to receive the representative signals and to derive an operating condition of the machine based on the signals. The machine also includes a user interface connected to the processing and control unit and comprising a single control operable by an operator to selectively perform power on and power off of the machine.

Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, including: a container for the product with walls having an outside surface; a stirrer mounted inside the container; an actuator connected to the stirrer to rotate the stirrer; a dispenser connected to the container to extract the product; a refrigeration system, including: a closed circuit circulating a first heat exchanger fluid, an evaporator, compressor, condenser and throttle element. The fluid flows in the closed circuit through the evaporator, compressor, condenser and throttle element, in order. A control unit controls the actuator. The evaporator is in contact with the outside surface of the container to cool the walls of the container and includes a cooling chamber extending around the container for cooling the container. The cooling chamber encloses the evaporator and is permeated by a second heat exchanger fluid, which increases a thermal inertia of the evaporator.

Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, including: a container holding the product and a dispenser. A stirrer, located inside the container, rotates about an axis to mix the product. An actuator is connected to the stirrer to rotate the stirrer. A refrigeration system, includes a closed circuit to circulate a primary heat exchanger fluid, an evaporator associated with the container, a compressor, a first air condenser and a throttle element; a control unit; a second condenser regulator for regulating the flow of the fluid and operating on the first and/or second condenser. The control unit drives the regulator to regulate the flow of fluid in the first and second condensers as a function of an operating parameter of the machine.

Abstract: A machine for processing liquid or semi-liquid food products, includes: a frame including a front wall and a lateral wall; at least one container for containing the product to be processed; a stirrer mounted inside the container; a thermal treatment system, operatively connected to the container to heat the walls thereof; a dispenser connected to the container to allow extracting the product to be processed, the dispenser being mounted on the front wall of the frame. A supporting rod, having a longitudinal axis, is coupled to the lateral wall and movable in rotation about an axis perpendicular to the lateral wall, between a rest position and an operatively active position. A shelf is rotatably coupled to the supporting rod. The supporting rod supports the shelf. The shelf is movable in rotation about the longitudinal axis between an inoperative position and an operative position.

Abstract: Described is a stirrer for liquid, semi-liquid or semi-solid products, including at least the following, in combination: a central shaft; a plurality of radial supports, connected to the central shaft; a plurality of mixing and centring elements, each configured to be connected to a radial support so as to define a first operating configuration for processing liquid or semi-liquid products; a plurality of vanes, each configured to be connected to a mixing and centring element so as to define a second operating configuration for processing semi-solid products.