公开(公告)号：US4189063A

公开(公告)日：1980-02-19

申请号：US849397

申请日：1977-11-07

申请人： Ralph F. Matthiesen

发明人： Ralph F. Matthiesen

IPC分类号： F25C5/00 ,  G07F11/44 ,  B65G33/02

CPC分类号： G07F11/44 ,  F25C5/002 ,  F25C2400/08

摘要： A dispenser for crushed and cubed ice has a housing arranged forming an article containing chamber from which ice can be dispensed on demand through a discharge opening provided in the housing. A plurality of parallel, coextending screw conveyors are disposed within the chamber and disposed adjacent a floor thereof selectively moving ice toward the discharge opening of the housing without excavating the ice beneath the conveyors, with a baffle being disposed extending from adjacent the discharge opening for preventing bridging of ice within the chamber of the dispenser by causing part of the ice moved by the conveyors toward the discharge opening to orbit about the chamber. Operation of the conveyors can be controlled by a coin-actuated mechanism, and the like, in conjunction with a weighing scale on which the ice receiving receptacle can be disposed, and a suitable electrical circuit including a timer causing interruption of the circuit after a predetermined length of time in the event the weighing scale is lifted upwardly or is otherwise prevented from a normal downward movement as ice is being dispensed.

摘要翻译： 用于破碎和立方冰的分配器具有布置成形成物品容纳室的壳体，通过设置在壳体中的排出口，可以根据需要从中分配冰。 多个平行的，共同延伸的螺旋输送机设置在室内并且邻近地板设置，选择性地将冰朝向壳体的排出口移动，而不会挖掘输送机下方的冰，其中挡板设置成从邻近的排放口延伸以防止 通过使由输送机移动的冰的一部分朝向排出口围绕室进行轨道，从而在分配器的腔室内桥接冰。 可以通过硬币驱动机构等来控制输送机的操作，以及可以配置冰接收容器的称重秤，以及合适的电路，其包括定时器，其在预定的时间之后引起电路的中断 在称重秤被向上提升的情况下，或者当冰被分配时防止其正常向下移动的时间长度。