Patent ID: 8640483
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. An appliance dispenser comprising: a housing including a receptacle support member and a fixed funnel; an ice dispensing passage extending through the fixed funnel and operably connected with an ice bin; and a variable length funnel having a first annular segment concentrically-aligned with a second annular segment and a third annular segment, wherein the third annular segment includes an outer wall, an inner wall, and a bottom wall that define a cavity, and wherein the first annular segment and the second annular segment are received in the cavity; a first set of downwardly-extending slots disposed in the first annular segment; a second set of downwardly-extending slots disposed in the second annular segment, wherein the first set of downward-extending slots and the second set of downward-extending slots are aligned with respect to each other; and a plurality of detents disposed in each of the downwardly-extending slots configured to support the third annular segment at a multitude of varying heights.