An apparatus for making frozen food products having a horizontal mixing
spindle with a continuous, closed-loop, recessed, crisscrossed track
around its outer lengthwise surface. A paddle wheel encircles the spindle
and has a plug or guide skate that extends into the crisscrossed track and
guides the paddle wheel back and forth along the length of the spindle as
well as around the circumference of the spindle. A horizontal,
cylindrical, cooling canister encloses the spindle and paddle wheel and is
coupled to a refrigeration unit for keeping the canister and its contents
cold. One end of the canister is provided with a push-type dispensing
block for dispensing the frozen food product.
