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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Cornelius, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Vittal Murthy, Bangalore, IN;
Jayateertha Malagi, Karnataka, IN;
Servesh Adderi Raganath, Karnataka, IN;
Matthew Kampert, Lombard, IL (US);
Chris Zemko, Elgin, IL (US);
Cornelius, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An ice dispensing system includes an ice hopper structure including a plurality of walls having inner surfaces that define an inner volume storing ice therein. The ice hopper may include a drain. A cleaning structure is coupled to the ice hopper structure. The cleaning structure includes a pump linked to a spray mechanism positioned within the inner volume of the ice hopper structure. The spray mechanism disperses a liquid on an inner surface of the ice hopper structure during a cleaning cycle of the ice dispensing mechanism.