Patent ID: 7874071

Claim:
A method of making an ice dispense agitator, comprising the steps of: cutting a unitary agitator body from flat metal stock to provide the unitary agitator body with coplanar elements including a central hub having an axis of rotation, a plurality of elongate ice sweeping arms extending radially outward from the hub in angular spaced relationship, and at least one elongate ice agitating blade extending outward from a side edge of an associated ice sweeping arm; bending a portion of an outer end of at least one ice sweeping arm to form an ice moving paddle on the outer end of the at least one ice sweeping arm; and bending the at least one ice agitating blade out of coplanar relationship with its associated ice sweeping arm, wherein said step of bending the at least one ice agitating blade brings the plane of the ice agitating blade into generally transverse relationship with the plane of the associated ice sweeping arm, and including the further step of bending the at least one ice agitating blade along its length to an L-shape, such that one leg of the L-shaped blade has an end edge portion that extends over and adjacent the associated one of the ice sweeping arms, and including the further step of welding the one edge portion to the associated ice sweeping arm.