Patent ID: 7096686
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. An ice making apparatus for making ice of the nugget-forming type from ice shavings that are compacted, comprising: (a) a refrigeration system for providing refrigerant to a freezing chamber of the hollow cylinder type; (b) a freezing chamber with a generally hollow cylindrical inner wall and means for receiving water therein for forming ice on said cylindrical inner wall; (c) a rotatable ice auger sized to fit inside said freezing chamber and comprising means for scraping ice formed on the wall of said chamber and conveying the ice from the wall of said chamber, along said rotatable auger, to ice compression means; (d) means to cause rotation of said ice auger; (e) means for supplying water to said freezing chamber; (f) ice compression means for receiving ice from said freezing chamber and compressing it into compacted solid form while squeezing water therefrom; and (g) said auger being tubular, with exterior and interior surfaces, with flight means on its exterior surface for scraping ice, and having a hollow interior surface and having means for receiving water therein.