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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
James F Stuart, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Packaged Ice, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53502 ; 53167 ; 53573 ; 62344 ;
Abstract
An ice bagging apparatus comprising an ice collecting zone, which has water drain, an auger position below and in communication with the ice collecting zone and in communication with a separated ice delivery and bagging zone. The ice delivery and bagging zone has a weight sensing bottom closure, and a tractor with a vacuum surface for grasping and deploying a bag on the closure positioned for receiving ice delivered from the auger. The ice bagging apparatus is combined with an ice making apparatus and a bagged ice storage zone.