Patent ID: 9625198
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: F25C,G07F

Claim:
1. An ice vending structure for making and dispensing ice comprising: an insulated building having an interior and an exterior; a delivery port coupling the interior of the building to the exterior of the building; an ice maker positioned within the building and coupled to a water source; an ice bin positioned under the ice maker for receiving ice made by the ice maker, the ice bin having a bottom, a front end, a rearward end, and an aperture formed through the front end; a horizontal ice moving auger positioned in the bottom of the ice bin for moving ice in the ice bin toward the front end and ejecting the ice out the aperture; an ice chute coupled to the aperture, and carried by the delivery port, the ice chute directing the ice ejected from the aperture from the interior of the building to the exterior of the building in a downward and rearward direction, the ice chute including sidewalls and a front wall terminating in a top and defining a volume therein with an input opening for receiving ice from the aperture of the ice bin, and a bottom defining a downwardly and rearwardly directed discharge opening, the bottom includes side sections extending inwardly and downwardly from the sidewalls and terminating in a central bottom portion, the central bottom portion has vertical sides extending downwardly from the side sections and terminating in a ramp extending rearwardly at a downward angle of 130.2 degrees with respect to the front wall and forming the bottom of the discharge opening; and a bag holder assembly carried below the ice chute for holding bags to receive the ice.