US Patent Issued to Forte Supply on Aug. 4 for "Frozen food dispensing system that limits internal clean-in-place operations" (Texas, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,910, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Forte Supply LLC (Loveland, Colo.).

"Frozen food dispensing system that limits internal clean-in-place operations" was invented by Jeffrey D. Resnick (Dallas), Tyler Hawker (Timnath, Colo.) and David Resnick (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to frozen food dispensing systems configured for external-ingredient delivery and reduced or eliminated internal cleaning requirements. In various embodiments, the system includes a mixing chamber that receives a food portion and a gas portion, an auger driven by an auger motor, a refrigeration system that freezes the mixtur...