Door delay closing mechanism for the ice chute from a power driven ice dispenser in a freezer-refrigerator
US3942334A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 8, 1975 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25C5/24
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A power driven ice dispenser in a freezer-refrigerator or the like discharges ice down a chute through the front of the unit. The chute is closed by a spring-loaded door opened by a lever. When the lever is released, an inertia motor delays closing of the door until the chute is emptied of ice.
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