US Patent Issued to ALI GROUP S.R.L.-CARPIGIANI on Jan. 13 for "Machine for making and dispensing food products including a stirrer with a locking element" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,686, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ALI GROUP S.R.L.-CARPIGIANI (Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy).

"Machine for making and dispensing food products including a stirrer with a locking element" was invented by Roberto Lazzarini (Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Federico Tassi (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 p...