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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2010
Thomas D. Dickson, Jr., Orem, UT (US);
Sterling O. Kingdon, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Mark W. Mclane, Lehi, UT (US);
David J. Throckmorton, Mapleton, UT (US);
Kory B. Robins, Draper, UT (US);
W. Reid Stout, Lehi, UT (US);
Thomas D. Dickson, Jr., Orem, UT (US);
Sterling O. Kingdon, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Mark W. McLane, Lehi, UT (US);
David J. Throckmorton, Mapleton, UT (US);
Kory B. Robins, Draper, UT (US);
W. Reid Stout, Lehi, UT (US);
K-TEC, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
An ice dispensing assembly includes a hopper, a metering disk, a shelf member, and a separating wall. The hopper includes an outlet opening defined in a bottom end of the hopper, and an ice inlet defined in a top end of the hopper. The metering disk is positioned in the hopper and includes a plurality of cavities. The shelf member is arranged to at least partially shield the cavities from a supply of ice held in the hopper. The metering disk is rotatable relative to the hopper between a first position wherein at least one cavity is exposed to the supply of ice to be filled with ice, and a second position wherein the cavity is separated from the supply of ice by the separating wall and ice in the cavity is dispensed through the outlet opening.