Shovel keeping mechanism in ice making machine with ice storage bin
US6068228A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2331/809
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A shovel keeping mechanism in an ice making machine provided with an ice storage bin placed under an ice making mechanism to store ice cubes dropped therefrom. The shovel keeping mechanism is composed of a pair of parallel support rail portions provided on the bottom surface of a component member located at a lowermost portion of the ice making mechanism and extended in a fore-and-aft direction of the ice storage bin, and a shovel holder detachably assembled with the parallel support rail portions to retain an ice shovel inserted therein from the front of the ice storage bin.
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