US Patent Issued to H.C. Duke & Son on Sept. 8 for "Inverter motor drive for frozen confection machine and process for controlling a frozen confection machine" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,605, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to H.C. Duke & Son LLC (East Moline, Ill.).

"Inverter motor drive for frozen confection machine and process for controlling a frozen confection machine" was invented by Kyle B. Elsom (Le Claire, Iowa), Dustin Meyermann (East Moline, Ill.) and Joshua Otto (Bettendorf, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frozen confection dispensing apparatus includes a refrigeration system. A variable frequency drive is connected to the refrigeration system. A beater motor is connected to the variable frequency drive. The variable frequency drive calculates the beater motor torque and regulates the refrigeration ...