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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger Patrick Brunner, Wind Gap, PA (US);
Jack Richard Miller, Nazareth, PA (US);
Assignee:
Follett Corporation, Easton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ; F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62354 ; 4253761 ;
Abstract
An auger-type ice maker comprises a generally cylindrical-walled freezing chamber, a rotatable ice auger within the chamber, and a compacting head whereby ice formed in the freezing chamber is transferred by rotation of the auger into the compacting head and discharged therefrom via a nozzle. The nozzle is provided with an annular water-receiving canal for receiving water squeezed from ice as it compressed while passing through a converging nozzle. The configuration of the converging nozzle is arcuate, and is defined by a surface of revolution that is a frustum of a radius-defined convex conical passageway.