The inside of a Taylor C709 ice cream machine, as seen from the back with the cover over the electronics removed. (Credit: iFixit) Raising a likely somewhat contentious topic, iFixit and Public ...

Taylor Freezer Co., a manufacturer of soft-serve ice cream machines, was owned by Louis Austin Merritt Phelan, an inventor with quite a history. He was born on February 10, 1884 in Saint Louis.

In 1926, Charles Taylor of Buffalo, New York, filed a patent for an automatic ice cream maker, commonly known as the counter freezer, that used pre-made ingredients and whipped them into a smooth ...