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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jerold M. Visin, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/02 (2006.01); F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/046 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ice crushing system includes multiple sets of interleaved blades with some of the blades being provided with a series of raised protrusions on one or more faces. With this arrangement, the spacing between the interleaved blades is reduced and a finer crushed ice consistency is established. In accordance with aspects of the invention, the raised protrusions are staggered along each side of a set of fixed blades, with the raised protrusions on one side of a fixed blade overlapping the raised protrusions on the opposing side.