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Device for comminuting ice

US9976787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE
emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

Josef Bauriedl · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
OLAF BAYERKE · Herbrechtingen, DE
Gerald Schmidt · Gerstetten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2013
Grant date	May 22, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25C5/046
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for comminuting ice is particularly suited for a household refrigeration appliance. The device has a rotary shaft, a first cutter unit with at least one fixed blade, and a second cutter unit with at least one moveable blade which is attached to the rotary shaft and can be rotated in a rotational direction. The fixed blade has a comminuting section and a pre-comminuting section which is arranged upstream of the comminuting section counter to the rotational direction.

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