Refrigeration – Means producing shaped or modified congealed product – With product receiving and storing means
Patent
1979-09-13
1981-05-26
Tapolcai, Jr., William E.
Refrigeration
Means producing shaped or modified congealed product
With product receiving and storing means
185 27, 211 79, 312219, 312311, 312351, F25C 518
Patent
active
042690390
ABSTRACT:
An ice receptacle support for use in a refrigeration apparatus, such as a freezer, wherein ice bodies are stored in an upwardly opening receptacle. The receptacle is removably carried on a support which is swingably mounted by a front pair of links and a rear pair of links so as to be gravity biased forwardly against a small access door carried in the main door of the freezer. When the small access door is opened, the receptacle swings forwardly as a result of the forward gravity biasing thereof by the supporting link arrangement so as to place the receptacle automatically in an ice access position. The links are arranged to provide a controlled limited force of the gravity biasing so as to effectively avoid undesirable opening of the freezer doors by the gravity biasing force. The front pair of links may be pivotally connected to a front upper portion of the receptacle carrier and the rear pair of links may be pivotally connected to a lower rear portion thereof. The front links include pivotally mounted lower end portions and the rear links include pivotally mounted upper end portions.
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Tapolcai, Jr. William E.
Whirlpool Corporation
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