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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2020
Emz-hanauer Gmbh & Co. Kgaa, Nabburg, DE;
Josef Bauriedl, Neunburg vorm Wald, DE;
Albert Dimberger, Neunburg vorm Wald, DE;
EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAA, Nabburg, DE;
Abstract
A device for selectively providing crushed or uncrushed ice includes a storage receptacle for storing uncrushed ice pieces, and a grinder, which is fed with ice pieces from the storage receptacle, for crushing the ice pieces. The grinder is concealed behind an end wall which is arranged on a side of the grinder that is opposite the storage receptacle. A mechanical switching element is associated with the grinder and can be switched between two working positions. In its first working position, ice pieces received from the storage receptacle are necessarily introduced into the operating range of the grinder and in its second working position a bypass passage is freed for ice pieces received from the storage receptacle past the grinder. The device also includes a movable adjusting element in mechanical adjusting connection with the switching element.