Solid material comminution or disintegration – Apparatus – With independent removable or detachable material receiver...
Patent
1996-09-03
1997-12-16
Howell, Daniel W.
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Apparatus
With independent removable or detachable material receiver...
2411014, 241DIG17, B02C 2300
Patent
active
056975619
ABSTRACT:
A modular ice crusher assembly for use in conjunction with an ice storage unit can be easily removed for cleaning or maintenance. Two parallel brackets are used to mount and support the ice crusher below the discharge opening for the ice storage unit. A release mechanism allows the ice crusher to slide relative to the brackets between a first position in which the inlet chute of the ice crusher is in vertical alignment with the opening of the ice storage unit for receiving ice to be chipped, and a second position in which the ice crusher can be removed for cleaning or service. For example, the release mechanism can consist of a series of pins extending laterally outward from the ice crusher housing that slideably engage a corresponding series of inverted L-shaped slots in the brackets. During normal operation, the ice crusher is held in position below the ice storage unit because the pins are supported in the horizontal portions of the slots. However, if the user slides the ice crusher forward, the pins will slide until they enter the vertical portions of the slot, and at this point the ice crusher will drop off the brackets. A sliding gate permits the user to selectively open and close the inlet chute to the ice storage unit and thereby control the flow of ice into the ice crusher.
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Plank Robert G.
Williams Ralph E.
Howell Daniel W.
Kloppenburg & Company
Krolikowski Julie A.
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