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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Richard Blair Hawkes, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Brian Wayne Haupt, Windgap, PA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Blair Hawkes, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Brian Wayne Haupt, Windgap, PA (US);
Assignee:
Follett Corporation, Easton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for storing ice in a container and dispensing ice from the container is provided in the form of a storage bin, having ice agitating apparatus for engaging ice to loosen the same and to keep ice particles from adhering together in a common mass. An ice dispenser is provided for delivering ice from a lower to an upper end. The ice dispenser and the ice agitator are provided with separate drives.