Robert W Utter

US Patent:

51040077, Apr 14, 1992

Filed:

Mar 29, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/501018

Inventors:

Robert P. Utter - Lake Villa IL

Assignee:

Scotsman Group, Inc. - Vernon Hills IL

International Classification:

F25C 500

US Classification:

2221466

Abstract:

An ice handling and beverage dispenser includes an agitator assembly mounted within a downwardly sloping ice storage bin, the assembly including a rotor connected to an agitator with the agitator comprising a frame to sweep the ice and the rotor having a plurality of circumferentially arranged L-shaped ice moving scoops. The agitator assembly is rotatably driven by a motor adjacent a front wall of the bin whereby ice is lifted by the scoops from a location adjacent the bottom of the bin to an outlet chute thereabove. When used in a beverage cooling dispenser, the sweep arm "sweeps" the bin wall whereby ice is caused to fall onto a cold plate disposed therebelow.