Abstract: An apparatus of making a soft ice-drink comprises a mixing mechanism including a container containing a liquid material such as syrup and into which shaved ice pieces are discharged, rotary blades, rotatably supported within the container, for mixing together the liquid material and shaved ice pieces and smashing the shaved ice pieces into granules of ice, and a drive motor for rotating the rotary blades at high speeds, and an ice shaving mechanism, disposed on an apparatus bed and above the mixing mechanism, including a shaver casing having a slit to which a shaving blade is exposed and a shaved ice dischage chute opened to above the container, and rotatable blades, provided within the shaver casing, for cooperating with the shaving blade to shave ice blocks charged into the shaver casing.

Abstract: A foodstuff slicer which is particularly useful for shaving ice, frozen fruits and the like is disclosed. The foodstuff slicer is provided with a rotor composed of a downwardly diverging hood, a plurality of carrier-arms and a boss connected to a vertical driving shaft. The carrier-arms extend radially and upwardly in spaced relation with a wall of a conical case which diverges upwardly. A cutting blade is attached to a upper portion of the conical case. Centrifugal forces acting on lumps of foodstuff become nearly maximum at the position of the cutting blade to slice the foodstuff steadily.