Patent ID: 7287713

Claim:
An ice shaver for a beverage dispenser, comprising: an icemaker body having an ice charging port, a granular ice discharging port and a shaved ice discharging port; a cutting blade provided in the vicinity of the shaved ice discharging port of the ice shaver body; and an impeller which is rotatably provided within the ice shaver body, is provided in such a manner that a part of one end surface thereof in a direction of a central axis including a center of rotation is exposed from the ice charging port, discharges granular ice charged from the ice charging port into the ice shaver body from the granular ice discharging port by being rotated in one direction, shaves the granular ice charged from the ice charging port into the ice shaver body, and discharges the shaved ice from the shaved ice discharging port by being rotated in the other direction.