Dispensing – With discharge assistant – Plural
Patent
1989-04-25
1990-11-13
Shaver, Kevin P.
Dispensing
With discharge assistant
Plural
2221466, 222273, 222564, G01F 1100
Patent
active
049695835
ABSTRACT:
A storage bin type ice dispenser includes a storage bin having front and rear walls, opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an inclined wall formed between a lower end of the front wall and a front end of the bottom wall to form a semicylindrical internal surface extending upward from an internal surface of the bottom wall. The bin is formed therein with a guide groove which is located at the center portions of the bottom and inclined walls in a lateral direction and extends upward from the bottom wall to a lower part of the front wall. The guide groove is formed at a front part thereof with a dispensing opening which opens downward through the inclined wall. The ice dispenser further includes an agitator having a rotary shaft rotatably mounted within the bin and positioned laterally in parallel with the semicylindrical internal surface of the inclined wall. A finger assembly is mounted on the center of the shaft to rotate along the guide groove. A pair of axially opposed helical wire augers is provided on the shaft in a reverse pitch to push the ice cubes in the bin toward the finger assembly from the side walls during rotation of the shaft.
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Ishikawa Toshihiko
Torimitsu Hiroshi
Yamamoto Jiro
Yatori Masahide
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
Shaver Kevin P.
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