Dispensing – With discharge assistant – Rotary
Patent
1978-12-26
1980-10-21
Spar, Robert J.
Dispensing
With discharge assistant
Rotary
222240, 366196, 366318, G01F 1120, B01F 724
Patent
active
042289343
ABSTRACT:
An ice body delivery apparatus having a hopper for storing a plurality of discrete ice bodies and a wall portion defining an outlet opening for passing the ice bodies seriatim outwardly therethrough for dispensing the ice bodies as desired. A rotatable auger is provided in a lower frustoconical portion of the hopper and includes spaced spiral vanes arranged to sweep across the opening so as to dislodge ice bodies which may have become lodged thereacross. The auger is arranged so as to define an effectively open axial portion permitting the dislodged ice bodies to be returned to the outlet opening therethrough and under or behind the rotating vanes back to the outlet opening. The vanes extend arcuately a total of approximately 360 degrees or more. The auger may be driven by a subjacent drive motor.
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Handren Frederick R.
Spar Robert J.
Whirlpool Corporation
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