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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2007
Applicants:
William Hittie, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Bruce Nielson, Madison, OH (US);
Inventors:
William Hittie, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Bruce Nielson, Madison, OH (US);
Assignee:
Merkle-Korff Industries, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention comprises a gear motor assembly and control system for use with ice crushers and the other similar devices. The assembly utilizes a novel reversing circuit which allows the use of a bidirectional DC powered gear motor in existing refrigerator and freezer configurations, which heretofore used AC powered gear motors, to power ice crushing and dispensing apparatus.