Dispensing – Jarring and/or vibrating – Supply container wall flexing
Patent
1987-01-27
1988-03-22
Tapolca, William E.
Dispensing
Jarring and/or vibrating
Supply container wall flexing
62344, 222238, 414304, F25C 518
Patent
active
047323019
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for preventing the development of a frozen bond between individual pieces of cubed or crushed ice collected in a storage bin. The arrangement includes an upstanding flexible wall lining a majority of the inwardly facing wall surface of a storage bin. An agitator device is provided for moving the pieces of ice about within the confines defined by the flexible wall. The agitator includes a rotatable shaft, an arm secured to the rotatable shaft and extending radially thereof and a drive arrangement for drivingly rotating the shaft. Structure is provided for effecting a flexing of the flexible wall toward and away from the inwardly facing walls of the storage bin. The agitator device and the additional structure causing a flexing of the flexible wall periodically initiates a movement of the individual pieces of ice to thereby prevent the development of a frozen bond between the individual pieces of ice.
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Chapman Hugh J.
Herzog Daniel R.
Tobias Lamar K.
Williams Harold W.
Tapolca William E.
Tobias Enterprises, Inc.
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