Dispensing – Agitator followed by discharge assistant and/or... – One rotary and one reciprocating
Patent
1975-11-07
1977-09-20
Reeves, Robert B.
Dispensing
Agitator followed by discharge assistant and/or...
One rotary and one reciprocating
222146C, 222369, 222508, 194 2, F25C 104
Patent
active
040491617
ABSTRACT:
The ice making and vending machine of the present invention will be seen to minimize to the extreme any ice bridging or fusing within the ice storage bin by virtue of the unique design and relationship of the bin rotor to the configuration of the bin. Additionally, the ice making and vending machine of the present invention will be seen to be extremely positive in operation in assuring that ice cubes are not delivered to the dispensing cavity of the machine housing except during such time as the vend switch is actuated, with the brake arrangement associated with the drive motor functioning to positively position the rotor at the termination of each vend cycle. It will be noted that the brake mechanism will function in two directions so as to not only prevent forward rotation of the rotor at the termination of a vend cycle but will also prevent rearward rotation as might occur when the rotor is subjected to certain loading conditions due to the quantity and orientation of the cubes within the bin. Still another feature of the present invention resides in the fact in those instances when supplemental ice agitation is desired, a unique shutter arrangement may be employed so as to permit such agitation to be achieved by means of the ice dispensing rotor, thereby obviating the need for any ancillary ice agitating equipment as has occasionally been required in the art.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2149044 (1939-02-01), Clouse
patent: 2295258 (1942-09-01), Cann
patent: 2334965 (1943-11-01), Thacker
patent: 3272300 (1966-09-01), Hoenisch
King-Seeley Thermos Co.
Reeves Robert B.
Rolla Joseph J.
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