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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2004
Hiroshi Tatsui, Shiga, JP;
Tadashi Adachi, Shiga, JP;
Mitoko Ishita, Aichi, JP;
Toyoshi Kamisako, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Tatsui, Shiga, JP;
Tadashi Adachi, Shiga, JP;
Mitoko Ishita, Aichi, JP;
Toyoshi Kamisako, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A compact ice-making device is provided for making ice chips of varied shapes for use in glasses of whiskey and water, and the like purposes. Ice is made using an ice-making vessel () for making a plank-like block of ice with a shaft () inserted in advance in the vessel, the shaft () having ribs (A) extending substantially radially from a rotating axis. Upon completion of the ice making, a gear unit () connected to the shaft () is driven by a motor to rotate the shaft (), which cracks and divides the plank-like ice block into ice chips of varied shapes.