Dispensing – Agitator followed by discharge assistant and/or... – All rotary
Patent
1997-03-31
1998-11-03
Bomberg, Kenneth
Dispensing
Agitator followed by discharge assistant and/or...
All rotary
222242, 222410, 222504, G01F 1120
Patent
active
058296468
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for dispensing ice includes a bin and a shroud that contains a recess for housing a wheel. The shroud mounts to a front wall of the bin and includes a chute that communicates exterior to the bin. The shroud further includes a curved plate that directs ice into the recess so that the wheel can raise the ice to the chute. A plate mounts at an angle sloping downward towards the front wall of the bin to direct ice onto the curved plate of the shroud. A discharge chute assembly mounts to the ice bin and communicates with the chute of the shroud to permit the delivery of the ice exterior to the bin. A gear motor drives the wheel to facilitate the lifting of the ice to the chute of the shroud. Alternatively, in a combination ice and beverage dispenser, the plate mounted within the bin is replaced with a cold plate mounted within the bin at an angle sloping downward towards the front wall of the bin. The cold plate directs ice in the bin onto the curved plate of the shroud and communicates at inlets to a beverage source to cool beverages before dispensing. Dispensing valves communicate with outlets from the cold plate to permit the dispensing of beverages from the ice and beverage dispensing apparatus.
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MCD Series Combination Ice and Beverage Dispensers Brochure, SerVend International, Inc., 2100 Future Drive, Sellersberg, IN, 47172-1868, Mar. 1992.
Credle Bennet Gibbon
Laughlin Richard Logue
Schroeder Alfred A.
Bomberg Kenneth
Comuzzi Donald R.
Lancer Partnership, Ltd
Makay Christopher L.
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