Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Plural materials – material supplies or charges in a receiver
Patent
1974-09-03
1977-02-22
Aegerter, Richard E.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Plural materials, material supplies or charges in a receiver
222280, 241235, 241DIG17, 241100, B65B 104, B02C 1320
Patent
active
040087409
ABSTRACT:
A dispensing apparatus for filling a plurality of drinking containers positioned in predetermined locations on a tray dispenses ice, water, or both. The apparatus has a storage hopper for containing a supply of ice, the hopper having a discharge opening at the bottom which communicates with a gate for controlling the flow of ice from the discharge opening. A plurality of generally upright chutes is positioned below the gate and extends from the gate to a receiving chamber near the base of the apparatus. The tray and drinking containers are positioned in the chamber and receive ice from the chutes, the outlet of each chute being positioned over one of the drinking containers. Ice flow from the hopper to the chutes is selectively arrested by the gate which includes a plurality of rigid, elongated members, all of which are disposed in side-by-side relationship with their longitudinal axes being parallel. The members are mounted for simultaneous rotation about their longitudinal axes to swing between a closed position where the members cooperate to form a barrier across the discharge opening, and a discharge position where ice may pass freely between the longitudinal members and into the chutes. Each longitudinal member has an ice-retaining web which confronts the discharge opening of the hopper when in closed position, and when in open position confronts the web of an adjacent member to define ice discharge slots between adjacent elongated members between which ice may pass downwardly to the chutes. Each member is provided with ice-breaking means positioned thereon to swing against the ice supply during rotation of the elongated member to thereby loosen ice from the supply and cause ice discharge from the hopper. A water manifold may be positioned within the receiving chamber and connected to a supply of water to selectively dispense water into the drinking containers, it being preferred that the manifold be positioned between the chutes and above the level of the outlets of the chutes.
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patent: 3580304 (1971-05-01), Chermack
Aegerter Richard E.
Schmidt Frederick R.
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