Mile High Equipment Company

Michael W Kennedy

Jerry M Verlinden

Gary D Swinford

Kyle L DeJaeger

An ice storage and dispensing device for flaked or other particulate ice which maintains the ice in an agitated dispensable condition or state. The device includes a hopper equipped with an agitator having a rotatable shaft and axially and angularly spaced rigid agitator spokes extending generally radially from the shaft. The ends of flexible polyvinylchloride tube members are received over and secured to certain of the axially and radially spaced spokes to provide generally helically extending lengths of the tubes between the spokes. The flexible tubes wipe against the inside wall of the hopper with a squeegee effect to prevent ice buildup. The tubes also lessen the tendency of the spokes to create tunnels in the particulate ice, especially at the ice setting temperature.

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Englewood, CO, United States of America

Michael W Kennedy