Refrigeration – With comminutor or cutter
Patent
1983-01-14
1984-11-27
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
With comminutor or cutter
62354, 241DIG17, F25C 512
Patent
active
044844557
ABSTRACT:
A cutter for an auger type icemaker including an auger shaft with an auger edge to scrape and guide upward the ice formed on the inner surface of a refrigerated casing, an extrusion head fitted to the upper end portion of the auger shaft and provided with ice compressing passages, and a cutter attached to the upper end of the auger shaft over the extrusion head for breaking the ice from the ice compressing passages. A positioning portion is disposed on the upper end of the auger shaft to position the cutter at a predetermined circumferential location. The cutter is provided with a cutter edge supporting portion with an attaching portion which is attached to the positioning portion and which can change the positioning location of the cutter in cooperation with the positioning portion. The cutter is also provided with a plurality of cutter edges which are inclined in relation to the horizontal plane of the cutter edge supporting portion and which are fixed to the cutter edge supporting portion therearound at various pitches according to the various positioning locations. An angle of relief is disposed at each lower end of the cutter edges to release the ice upward.
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Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.
Tapolcai William E.
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