Apparatus and method of dispensing particulate ice and cold beverage with irreversible separation of cooling ice
US4803850A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25C5/20
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for dispensing both particulate ice and cold beverage wherein a common supply of ice is used firstly for dispensing and then secondly for cooling of the beverage. A pair of co-axial rotors are co-rotated about a common vertical axis by a single motor, the upper rotor dispenses particulate ice off of an annular upper bottom. All ice that falls through the open center of the upper bottom irreversibly falls down upon a cold plate and the lower rotor moves the fallen cooling ice on the cold plate for enhanced cooling.
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