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Standalone ice dispenser

  • US 20080283145A1
  • Filed: 05/18/2007
  • Published: 11/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dispenser comprising:

  • a housing having an interior bounded by at least one wall and a chute extending from the interior and through the wall;

    a drum having an internal cavity and an upwardly oriented mouth, the drum rotatably disposed within the interior of the housing;

    an advancing fin disposed on an inner surface of the internal cavity of the drum;

    an ice maker attached to the housing such that the ice maker is adapted to receive water and turn the water into ice, the produced ice gravitationally falling from the ice maker into the mouth of the drum; and

    wherein when the device is activated, the drum rotates such that the advancing fin causes the ice disposed within the internal cavity of the drum to advance out of the mouth and fall into the chute and such that when a sufficient quantity of ice has been dispensed from the drum, the drum discontinues rotating.

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