Ice-making device
US7318323B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25C2500/08
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A compact ice-making device is provided for making ice chips of varied shapes for use in glasses of whiskey and water, and the like purposes. Ice is made using an ice-making vessel (13) for making a plank-like block of ice with a shaft (18) inserted in advance in the vessel, the shaft (18) having ribs (18A) extending substantially radially from a rotating axis. Upon completion of the ice making, a gear unit (20) connected to the shaft (18) is driven by a motor to rotate the shaft (18), which cracks and divides the plank-like ice block into ice chips of varied shapes.
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