Follett Corporation

James Frantz

James Vorosmarti, Iii

An ice making and ice delivery system is provided, whereby nuggets of ice are formed from scraped ice in the ice making apparatus, which is cooled by an evaporator in a refrigeration cycle, with the evaporator being provided with refrigerant from a closed circuit compressor/condenser refrigerant system, with the evaporator and its associated ice making apparatus being capable of being disposed at a location remote from the condenser unit, for delivery of ice from one or more such evaporator/ice making apparatus to one or more ice storage units, which units can likewise be located spaced apart form the evaporator/ice making units, and with one or more ice delivery conduits providing for delivery of ice from the ice making unit(s) to the storage unit(s) by means other than gravity.

Ice making and delivery system

The present invention provides for an under-counter ice storage apparatus for dual-sided dispensing of ice above the counter for use in a food service establishment which delivers particulate ice from a single ice storage receptacle to two ice discharge chutes on opposite sides of the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ice retaining receptacle for storage of ice, an ice elevator for elevating a quantity of ice from a level inside the ice storage receptacle to a dispensing level, and a pair of generally back-to-back facing ice dispensing chutes. A single user or two users simultaneously may obtain particulate ice from the two back-to-back facing ice delivery chutes by actuation of a switch associated with that user's delivery chute. The ice storage and dispensing apparatus may further comprise a bank of beverage dispensers adjacent to each ice dispensing chute.

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Nazareth, PA, United States of America

James Frantz