Standalone ice dispenser

Details Standalone ice dispenser Standalone ice dispenser

2007-05-18

2009-12-01

Maust, Timothy L (Department: 3751)

Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea

With manipulation of flexible or collapsible receiver or supply

C141S082000, C141S098000, C141S166000, C141S317000, C222S146600, C222S167000

Reexamination Certificate

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07624773

ABSTRACT:
A standalone ice dispenser delivers ice in either bagged form or bulk form to a user. The device uses a cone-shaped drum with an upwardly oriented mount that receives and stores the ice which ice is gravitationally delivered to the drum from an ice maker. When ice is to be dispensed, a motor rotates the drum such that a fin within the drum cause ice therein to advance toward and eventually out of the mouth of the drum into either a bagging system or directly out of the device via a chute. Weight sensors attached to the drum determine whether the drum is relatively empty or relatively full and control operation of the ice maker as a result and/or a proximity sensor measures the volume of ice in the drum and controls the operation of the ice maker.

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