Auger construction for ice-making apparatus

Details Auger construction for ice-making apparatus Auger construction for ice-making apparatus

1989-04-07

1990-06-12

Tapoicai, William E.

Refrigeration

Means producing shaped or modified congealed product

Heat absorber with product remover

366 90, 366324, F25C 512

Patent

active

049322230

ABSTRACT:
An auger-type ice-making apparatus includes a new and improved auger or auger assembly having one or more generally spiral flight portions with one or more grooves formed transversely across the outer edges of the flight portions. The grooves interrupt the generally spirally-extending contact between the outer auger edges and the inner surface of an evaporator housing, thus reducing the area of contact therebetween and, as a result, reducing the load on the auger bearings. The grooves also provide a stress-relieved area on the flight portion during scraping of ice particles from the inner surface of the evaporator and tend to balance the forces on the auger bearings.

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