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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Syuji Kado, Toyoake, JP;
Susumu Tatematsu, Nagoya, JP;
Hideyuki Ikari, Kariya, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugie, Toyoake, JP;
Assignee:
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyoake, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62137 ; 62258 ; 62344 ; 366208 ;
Abstract
A food service counter of the ice storage type which includes an ice storage tank 20 arranged to store an amount of ice and having a discharge hole 24 at a bottom, an ice supply device 30 for automatically producing chips of ice and supplying the same into the ice tank 20, and an agitating device 40 arranged within the ice tank 20 for agitating and leveling the chips of ice stored in the ice tank 20.