Movable ice receptacle

Details Movable ice receptacle Movable ice receptacle

1976-12-10

1978-07-18

Wayner, William E.

Refrigeration

Automatic control

By congealed removable product condition

200 6121, 222 56, F25C 100

Patent

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041007611

ABSTRACT:
A movable ice receptacle for use in a refrigeration apparatus having a refrigerated cabinet defining a space within which the receptacle is normally disposed and which is selectively closed by a movable closure. The receptacle is mounted for selective disposition in a rearward ice storage position and a forward ice access position. The mounting of the receptacle is such that, when the closure is moved to an open position, the receptacle is correspondingly repositioned forwardly from the storage position to the access position. The receptacle may be gravity biased toward the forward ice access position and urged against the bias thereof by structure associated both with the closure and the receptacle to move the receptacle to the rearward storage position as an incident of the closure being disposed in the space-closing position. The mounting structure may be arranged to swingably mount the receptacle for movement in an arc. The storage position may be at a level above the level of the access position. The swinging movement may have a maximum speed when the receptacle is at the access position. At the access position, the receptacle movement may be substantially horizontal. A sensing element may be extended downwardly into the receptacle to sense the level of ice therein when the receptacle is in the ice storage position. As an incident of movement of the receptacle from the ice storage position to the access position, the sensing element may be urged automatically by the receptacle mounting means to a shutoff position to prevent further operation of the ice maker at that time.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3545217 (1970-12-01), Linstromberg
patent: 3621668 (1971-11-01), Swerbinsky
patent: 3878693 (1975-04-01), Prada

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