US PATENT SUBCLASS 62 / 340
MEANS PRODUCING SHAPED OR MODIFIED CONGEALED PRODUCT

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340MEANS PRODUCING SHAPED OR MODIFIED CONGEALED PRODUCT {9}
341  DF  .~> With article press means
342  DF  .~> With means for working congealing material, e.g., beater {1}
344  DF  .~> With product receiving and storing means
345  DF  .~> Freezing surface mounted for movement during freezing {1}
347  DF  .~> With raw material projector, e.g., spray
348  DF  .~> With means to precool or recirculate raw material
349  DF  .~> Thawing means {3}
353  DF  .~> Heat absorber with product remover {1}
356  DF  .~> Mold with means to absorb heat, e.g., brine tank

DEFINITION

Classification: 62/340

(under the class definition) Apparatus comprising means to shape or retain the shape of material being congealed, congealing means with means to release material congealed thereon, or means to modify the consistency of material being congealed by the working thereof (e.g., whipping) during congelation.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

66+, for related processes.

123+, for a separator for a solidified constituent of a liquid mixture.

135+, for product responsive means to produce a congealed product.

307, for means to inject a gas combined with an ice or ice cream maker.

317+, for a separator-clarifier combined with a congealed product maker.

320+, for a comminutor combined with a congealed product maker.

322, for a disparate treater serially arranged with product cooling means.

324+, for a reversible heat pump which may thaw a product mold.

373+, for liquid contacting a distinct removable receptacle, e.g., ice can.

440+, for means for cooling a mere container.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

30, Cutlery,

140, for hand manipulable cutting means to form ice cubes from an ice block, and subclass 164.5 for an ice pick.

83, Cutting, appropriate subclasses for devices for cutting ice blocks through thicknesswise.

249, Static Molds,

69+, and 129+ for ice cube trays not combined with means to congeal the fluent material to form the ice cube. 299, Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material,

24+, for a device for working naturally occurring ice in situ, and including machines and cutters to form blocks of ice for recovery.

426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, appropriate subclasses for frozen food products and processes of preparing same.