ICE DISPENSER

An ice dispenser includes a discharge mechanism (30) provided between an ice storage room (10) having an ice discharge opening (14) provided at a bottom portion, and a chute (20) for guiding ice received at a reception/delivery opening (22) arranged away from a position directly under the discharge...

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Main Authors TOYA, CHIYOSHI, KATO, SONOO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 14.03.2012
Subjects
BLASTING
COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
HEATING
LIGHTING
LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
REFRIGERATION OR COOLING
WEAPONS
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Summary:An ice dispenser includes a discharge mechanism (30) provided between an ice storage room (10) having an ice discharge opening (14) provided at a bottom portion, and a chute (20) for guiding ice received at a reception/delivery opening (22) arranged away from a position directly under the discharge opening (14). The discharge mechanism (30) includes a fixed member (32) extending from under the discharge opening (14) to an edge portion of the reception/delivery opening (22), and a moving member (36) which is reciprocated along the fixed member (32) by a drive section (40), and has a plurality of vertically penetrating holes (38) formed spaced apart in a moving direction. The discharge mechanism (30) is configured so that a control section controls a drive section (40) to change an amount of movement of the moving member (36) from the discharge opening (14) side to the reception/delivery opening (22) side, thereby adjusting a total number of the holes (38) made to sequentially face the reception/delivery opening (22) according to an amount of supply of the ice input from an input section.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20080740383