Refrigeration – Processes – Congealing flowable material – e.g. – ice making
Patent
1998-07-09
2000-07-18
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Processes
Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making
62344, 2221466, 414301, F25C 518
Patent
active
060890304
ABSTRACT:
An ice storage and delivery system for radially displacing fragmentary ice stored within an ice storage bin. The ice storage and delivery system has a rotating ice rake of elongated members which radially displaces a portion of the fragmentary ice stored in the storage bin as each elongated member passes through the pile of fragmentary ice. The ice rake pivots in the storage bin between first and second positions such that the rotating elongated members may radially displace the fragmentary ice into a screw conveyor in the floor of the storage bin while in the first position and level-out the fragmentary ice stored in the storage bin while in the second position. In order to displace the fragmentary ice into the screw conveyor and remove the fragmentary ice from the storage bin while in the first position, the displacement assembly translates in the storage bin along the length of the storage bin.
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