Refrigeration – Means producing shaped or modified congealed product – With product receiving and storing means
Patent
1997-09-25
1999-03-23
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Means producing shaped or modified congealed product
With product receiving and storing means
141331, 141332, 141340, 141338, 141383, 220212, F25C 518
Patent
active
058845020
ABSTRACT:
The present invention concerns a combination ice chute and ice bin covering door for directing ice into the ice storage area of an ice or beverage dispenser. The ice chute cover is pivotally secured to a top surface of the beverage dispenser so that it can move from a closed position to an ice directing/loading position. In the closed position the ice chute cover serves to cover an opening to the ice storage area of the dispenser. A handle on the chute cover can be grasped to manually swing it between both positions. In the ice loading position a portion of the chute extends outward of the perimeter of the beverage dispenser. In operation, the handle is used to move the chute cover from the closed position to the loading position. A bucket of ice can then be lifted so that the open end thereof rests on the lip of the chute cover. The bucket can then be tipped upward so as to empty its ice contents onto the bottom surface of the chute cover. The ice then flows along the bottom surface and is directed thereby towards the back edge, where it then falls into the ice retaining area of the dispenser.
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Chasse Richard Norman
Crosby, Jr. Robert Allen
Jones Brian Carter
Kmetz David George
Rutchik Jeffrey Alan
Hakanson Sten Erik
IMI Wilshire Inc.
Tapolcai William E.
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