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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
William J Buchser, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2221466 ; 222240 ; 222413 ; 62344 ; 1985501 ; 198671 ;
Abstract
An ice dispensing apparatus includes a rotatable drum dispenser and an adjacent floating baffle, the baffle having an opening for ice bodies to pass from the drum dispenser to an ice crusher mechanism. The drum dispenser has blade augers spaced from the baffle a select distance and operate in connection with the baffle opening to prevent wedging of ice bodies.