Patent ID: 6241299
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
A carrier for moving an ice block cut from an ice core having a vent, comprising:a hand grip at the top of the carrier;a hollow shaft mounted on said hand grip;said shaft having a series of two pairs of diametrically opposed cammed barbs pivotably attached to a perimeter of the shaft, said series spaced at intervals along said shaft;said cammed barbs fold into said shaft when said shaft is inserted into the vent;said cammed barbs grip said ice block when said shaft is moved in a withdrawal direction out of the vent;a longitudinally movable rod extending through the interior of said shaft; andsaid rod includes projections on an external surface of the rod positioned adjacent to and above said cammed barbs, said projections causing a retraction of the cammed barbs when said rod is pressed down the interior of the shaft away from the top of the carrier.