Patent ID: 6561691
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
An ice delivery system comprisinga source of ice; an ice bin having an ice outlet from the bin; a controller; a set of at least one bin agitator rotatably mounted in the bin and including a first drive coupled with the set of at least one bin agitator, the controller turning on and off the first drive to rotate the set of at least one bin agitator in a first periodic cycle; a set of at least one discharge agitator rotatably mounted in the bin between the outlet and the set of at least one bin agitator and including a second drive coupled with the set of at least one discharge agitator, the controller turning on and off the second drive to rotate the set of at least one discharge agitator in a second periodic cycle, the frequency of the second periodic cycle being substantially greater than the frequency of the first periodic cycle.