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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2007
Roger P. Brunner, Wind Gap, PA (US);
James Vorosmarti, Center Valley, PA (US);
Roger P. Brunner, Wind Gap, PA (US);
James Vorosmarti, Center Valley, PA (US);
Follett Corporation, Easton, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus transports rod(s) of ice of flaked or chipped ice through a tube to a remote ice bin, in which the ice is broken into nuggets. A method of cleaning the transport tube is also provided in which ice pushes a dry conformable article and a wet conformable articles carrying sanitizing solution through the tube, with the conformable articles preferable being sponges, and with the wet article sanitizing algae, bacteria, etc. during movement through the tube, and with the dry conformable article scraping debris from wall(s) of the tube during transport.