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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1992
Syuji Kado, Toyaoke, JP;
Susumu Tatematsu, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyuki Ikari, Kariya, JP;
Junichi Hida, Nagoya, JP;
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoake, JP;
Abstract
An ice storage type food service counter composed of an ice storage tank 20 arranged to store an amount of ice and having a drain hole 24 at a bottom, an ice supply device 30 for automatically producing chips of ice and supplying them into the tank, an agitating device 40 arranged within the tank for agitating and leveling the chips of ice stored in the tank, a container assembly B detachably mounted on the agitating device 40 and placed on the stored chips of ice to contain drink and food therein, and a transparent cover plate 18 coupled over the ice storage tank 20, the cover plate having an opening through which the container assembly can be placed on the stored chips of ice.