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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:
The Coca-cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Adnan Abbas, Roswell, GA (US);
Arthur G. Rudick, Atlanta, GA (US);
Daniel S. Quartarone, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
David Joseph Harvey, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/20 (2018.01); B65G 65/40 (2006.01); F25C 5/182 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/40 (2013.01); F25C 5/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/182 (2013.01); F25C 2400/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application provides an ice dispenser for dispensing a volume of ice. The ice dispenser may include an ice bin and an ice deflector positioned about a top of the ice bin. The ice deflector may include a reverse funnel configuration such that an entrance to the ice deflector is narrower that an exit to the ice deflector so as to prevent the volume of ice from bridging therein in whole or in part.