US3892337A - Bin ice delivery mechanism - Google Patents

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US3892337A
US3892337A US417875A US41787573A US3892337A US 3892337 A US3892337 A US 3892337A US 417875 A US417875 A US 417875A US 41787573 A US41787573 A US 41787573A US 3892337 A US3892337 A US 3892337A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/18—Storing ice

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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for storing chunk or cube ice and for delivering ice on command in which a plurality of elongated members mounted for staggered reciprocating movement in side by side relationship at the bottom of a generally rectangular storage bin having sides sloping slightly outwardly from top to bottom of the reservoir are provided with serrated upper surfaces inclined downwardly from the back of the reservoir toward a discharge area at the front and are adapted to be driven to discharge ice from said bin.
  • Automatic ice makers known in the art have small capacities.
  • Automatic ice storage and dispensing de vices of the prior art of relatively large capacity have certain limitations and disadvantages. Most of them require auxiliary agitators located in the bin above the delivery area. These auxiliary agitators add to the complexity of the structure and to the power requirement of the machine.
  • Some ice storage and delivery mechanisms incorporate inwardly tapering sides leading to a delivery auger or the like. Melting and resolidification of ice chunks in such a machine result in bridging of a mass of ice between the sides over the auger. Power requirements of machines of the prior art are high. They are vulnerable to mechanical failure.
  • My mechanism does not require auxiliary agitators. It is not susceptible to jamming. Its power requirement is relatively low. It is compact, simple and inexpensive to construct.
  • One object of my invention is to provide an ice storage and delivery mechanism which overcomes the disadvantages of systems of the prior art.
  • Another object of my invention is to provide an ice delivery mechanism which does not require auxiliary agitators.
  • a further object of my invention is to provide an ice storage and delivery mechanism having a relatively low power requirement.
  • a still further object of my invention is to provide an ice delivery mechanism which is not susceptible to jamming.
  • Still a further object of my invention is to provide an ice delivery mechanism which is compact.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation of my bin type ice delivery mechanism with the left side wall removed.
  • FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the drive apparatus of my bin type ice delivery mechanism with the front wall removed and with parts broken away and with other parts in section.
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the drive apparatus of my bin type ice delivery mechanism.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary side view of a portion of my bin type ice delivery mechanism.
  • the bin indicated generally by reference character 10
  • the front and rear walls 18 and 20 are slightly inwardly directed from bottom to top of the bin to inhibit bridging.
  • Floor 20 includes a central well portion 21 for collecting melt down and generally level front and rear portions 23 and 24 which support a plurality of elongated ice agitating and delivering members 26 the upper surface of each of which slopes downwardly from back to front of the dispensing mechanism 10.
  • each of the members 26 is formed with a plurality of teeth 28 so shaped as to promote unidirectional flow of stored ice toward the front ofthe delivery mechanism 10.
  • l form the rear portion of each member 26 with a rectangular recess 36 which receives an eccentric 38.
  • I provide recesses 36 which are open at the bottom. as shown in FIG. 4.
  • l mount the eccentrics 38 on a shaft 40 having a hex agonal cross section.
  • I provide each of the eccentrics with an offset opening 39 having flat sides for engaging diametrically opposite flats on shaft 40. I arrange the eccentrics in pairs across the width of the machine with the eccentrics of each pair being l out of phase.
  • each pair of eccentrics is arranged so as to be 60 out of phase with the adjacent pair. This is readily achieved by placing each eccentric on the shaft 40 with the flat sides of the opening 39 in engagement with the proper flats of shaft 40. With all of the eccentrics 38 on a common shaft the result of the arrangement just described will readily be apparent from the relative positions of the bars 26 in FIG. 3. This arrangement ensures uniform ice delivery and a slower ice delivery in ounces per second when required.
  • the common shaft 40 is driven by a motor 42 carried by a bracket 44. It will readily be appreciated that alternative arrangements are contemplated. For exam ple, I may provide two delivery stations on one bin. In such an arrangement one motor would be used to drive the eight bars at the left and another motor would drive the eight bars to the right. The motors could be energized either individually or simultaneously.
  • I provide my machine with means for controlling the movement of ice from the storage area over the bars 26 to the delivery chute 52.
  • I attach a plurality of resilient fingers 48 formed from rubber or the like to the front wall of the cabinet by any suitable means such as screws.
  • the top 22 of the bin ice delivery mechanism 10 is provided with a cover 58 which. when removed, provides access to the bin storage area 50 for loading.
  • the cover 58 may be provided with a handle for complete removal or may be slid away in a conventional track or attached by hinges and swung upward.
  • the bin ice delivery motor 42 When the bin ice delivery motor 42 is energized. it drives the shaft 40 which in turn causes the series ofeccentrics 38 to rotate with the shaft 40.
  • the rectangular openings 36 at the rear of the dispensing members 26 in which the eccentrics are disposed are of a width approximately equal to the diameter of the eccentrics and of a height greater than the diameter of the circular locus of the outermost path of travel of the eccentrics.
  • the eccentric 38 is closely confined by the right and left sides 60 and 62 respectively of the rectangular opening 36 but is not confined by the upper edge 64. As a result of this arrangement. rotation of the eccentric 38 about the shaft 40 causes the dispensing members 26 to reciprocate horizontally.
  • eccentrics 38 are arranged in pairs of adjacent eccentrics across the machine with the eccentrics of a pair being 180 out of phase. Moreover. each pair of eccentrics is 60 out of phase with the adjacent pair.
  • the cover 58 is removed and ice is fed into the open top 22 either manually or by automatic apparatus such as an ice making machine.
  • the ice is stored in the bin storage area 50 which may be cooled externally by any conventional refrigeration apparatus.
  • a switch 70 is closed thereby activating the motor 42.
  • the motor 42 rotates the shaft 40 causes the eccentrics 38 to drive members 26.
  • the dispensing members 26 reciprocate in a horizontal direction on floor 20.
  • the teeth 28 on the members 26 force the ice pieces in contact with them toward the front of the bin mechanism 10, past the fingers 48 and through the delivery chute 52 to the appropriate waiting receptacle.
  • Ice may be fed into the bin either manually or directly from an ice making machine.
  • the delivery mech anism 10 may be energized manually to dispense ice into a container on command or it may operate automatically in conjunction with another device such as a cold drink machine.
  • My invention may serve as a component of an ice-making machine and be joined with refrigeration apparatus to maintain the bin 10 at freezing temperatures.
  • l have accomplished the objects of my invention.
  • l have provided a bin ice storage and delivery system which overcomes the defects of storage and delivery systems of the prior art.
  • My system does not require auxiliary agitators. It is not susceptible to jamming. its power requirement is relatively low. It is simple and compact.
  • Apparatus for storing a supply of ice in pieces and for delivering pieces of ice from said supply including in combination. a generally rectangular container for holding a supply of ice in pieces, said container having a front wall and a back wall, each of said front and back walls being slightly inwardly directed from the bottom thereof to the top thereof. said container having a bottom. said container formed with a delivery opening adjacent to said bottom. a plurality of ice delivery members. means mounting said members on said bottom for movement toward and away from said delivery opening. and means for driving said members to move pieces of ice from said supply toward said delivery opening.
  • each of said members has an upper surface inclined downwardly from a location remote from said delivery opening to a location adjacent to said delivery opening.
  • Apparatus as in claim 1 including spring fingers between said delivery area and the remainder of said container.
  • Apparatus for storing a supply of ice in pieces and for delivering pieces of ice from said supply including in combination.
  • a container for holding said supply of ice in pieces said container having a front and a back and a bottom provided with a flat generally horizontally disposed surface portion, said container front being formed with a delivery opening adjacent to said bottom.
  • a plurality of ice delivery members, each of said members being formed with an undersurface received for sliding movement on said flat bottom surface portion.
  • said members being arranged in side by side relationship across said bottom for reciprocating movement in a direction from front to back of said container.
  • melt down removing means comprises means forming a well portion in said bottom.
  • each of said members has an upper surface inclined downwardly from the back toward the front of said container.
  • each of said members is formed with teeth in the upper surface thereof.
  • Apparatus for storing supply of ice in pieces and for delivering pieces of ice from said supply including in combination. a generally rectangular container having a bottom and a front wall and a rear wall and side walls for holding a supply of ice in pieces. a delivery area adjacent to said front wall. a delivery outlet in said area. a plurality of elongated ice delivery members. means mounting said members in side-by-side relationship over substantially the entire distance between said side walls with the members extending from adjacent to said rear wall toward said delivery area and for limited reciprocating movement in the direction of the length of the members whereby said members form the supsaid pairs in 1 out-of-phase relationship and reciprocating adjacent pairs in 60 out-of-phase relationship.

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DE19742454348 DE2454348A1 (de) 1973-11-21 1974-11-15 Ausgabevorrichtung zum ausgeben von eis aus einem eisbehaelter
IT29649/74A IT1025868B (it) 1973-11-21 1974-11-20 Meccanismo di distribuzione di ghiaccio da un contenitore
GB5029274A GB1476679A (en) 1973-11-21 1974-11-20 Apparatus for storing and delivering pieces of ice
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US4484852A (en) * 1980-04-03 1984-11-27 North American Car Corporation Hopper bottom unit
US4470522A (en) * 1980-08-25 1984-09-11 Stainless Icetainer Company Apparatus for storing and dispensing particulate ice
US4552062A (en) * 1982-09-27 1985-11-12 Officine Vezzani S.P.A. Scrap metal press for producing compacted scrap blocks
US4632280A (en) * 1984-09-25 1986-12-30 White Consolidated Industries, Inc. Ice dispensing mechanism
AU581023B2 (en) * 1984-09-25 1989-02-09 White Consolidated Industries, Inc. Ice dispensing mechanism
US5086912A (en) * 1990-11-13 1992-02-11 Howden Jr Dwight E Ambulator for carpet rolls or the like
US5123260A (en) * 1991-10-28 1992-06-23 Wilshire Corporation Thrust bearing for auger type ice maker
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