Ice piece dispenser
CA 1067460 A · Owner: Whirlpool Corporation · Inventors: Buchser, William J.
Overview
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ICE PIECE DISPENSER", ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An ice piece dispenser for automatically dispensing pieces of ice from a collecting bin associated with an automatic ice maker. The dispenser includes a delivery member for transferring the ice pieces from the collecting bin to a delivery position. A metering device is provided at the transfer position between the collecting bin and delivery member for providing a metered delivery of the ice pieces to the delivery member which may have a relatively large delivery capacity so as to permit use of the apparatus in dispensing any one of a plurality of different size and shape ice pieces. The metering device may be any one of a plurality of …
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- Granted December 4, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 4, 1996.
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