Patent ID: 7469552
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: F25C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for providing nuggets of extruded, flaked or chipped ice to a storage bin comprising: (a) a chamber for accumulating freezing water on a chamber wall; (b) rotatable auger apparatus for scraping ice from the chamber wall and forming at least one longitudinal strip of compressed flaked or chipped ice; (c) refrigeration apparatus for freezing water in the chamber; (d) an ice storage bin; (e) an ice delivery tube for conveying at least one longitudinal rod of ice to an inlet of the storage bin; (f) ice breakup means at the inlet to the storage bin for breaking the at least one longitudinal rod of ice into nuggets of predetermined size; (g) said ice breakup means composing an arcuate passageway located proximate the inlet to the storage bin for receiving the at least one longitudinal rod of ice: (h) with the arcuate passageway including at least one radial arc of a size selected to correspond to predetermined length for the nuggets in the longitudinal direction.