Refrigeration – Means producing shaped or modified congealed product – With product receiving and storing means
Patent
1993-01-05
1993-12-28
Tapoicai, William E.
Refrigeration
Means producing shaped or modified congealed product
With product receiving and storing means
62441, 2221466, 312404, F25C 518
Patent
active
052728889
ABSTRACT:
An ice storage and delivery system is provided for a refrigeration apparatus including a refrigerated compartment housing an ice making apparatus and a door providing selective access to the compartment and including a dispenser for delivering formed ice bodies. The system includes an ice container assembly in the refrigerated compartment having a container for storing ice bodies and an auger for conveying ice bodies from the container to a downwardly facing discharge opening. A platform rests on a shelf in the compartment below the ice making apparatus. The platform includes support means for supporting the container assembly below the ice making apparatus and an ice chute for delivering ice bodies from the container discharge opening to the dispenser. A drive motor is mounted to the platform and is operatively associated with the wire auger for driving the wire auger.
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Fisher Michael H.
Hortin Gregory G.
Kelley Brian P.
Krefman Stephen D.
Roth Thomas J.
Tapoicai William E.
Turcotte Thomas E.
Whirlpool Corporation
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