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Extrusion head for crushed ice making machine with combined breaker and cutter

US7290725B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 2006
Grant dateNov 6, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 4, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S241/17
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An extrusion head where continuous formation of crushed ice is formed by radially extending cutters which notch the ice rods as the rods move from the channels formed by externally protruding bosses. The extrusion head breaks ice into uniformly shaped pieces. The extrusion head has no moving parts and is easily retrofitted onto existing screw-type continuous crushed ice making machines.

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