METHOD OF MAKING PIECES OF ICE AND AN ICE DISPENSING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of making pieces of ice, in which method water in a container is frozen into ice, and a helically threaded shaft (7) extends through the container (1), so that ice (10) surrounds the shaft (7) and is engaged by the helical thread of the shaft (7), the threaded shaft (7) and/or the ice (10) being rotated with respect to each other, so that the ice is moved in axial direction with respect to the shaft (7) toward a cutting member (9), characterized in that the threaded shaft (7) carries the cutting member (9) being located at the surface of the ice (10), so that the ice (10) and the cutting member (9) move toward each other by rotating the threaded shaft (7) with respect to the ice (10), whereby the ice (10) is shaved by the cutting member (9).
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Abstract
A method and a device for making pieces of ice, wherein water in a container (1) is frozen into ice. A helically threaded shaft (7) extends through the container (1), so that the ice (10) surrounds the shaft (7) and is engaged by the helical thread (18) of the shaft (7). The threaded shaft (7) is rotated with respect to the ice (10), so that the ice (10) is moved toward a cutting member (9) carried by the threaded shaft (7). Subsequently, the ice (10) is shaved by the cutting member (9).
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- 1. A method of making pieces of ice, in which method water in a container is frozen into ice, and a helically threaded shaft (7) extends through the container (1), so that ice (10) surrounds the shaft (7) and is engaged by the helical thread of the shaft (7), the threaded shaft (7) and/or the ice (10) being rotated with respect to each other, so that the ice is moved in axial direction with respect to the shaft (7) toward a cutting member (9), characterized in that the threaded shaft (7) carries the cutting member (9) being located at the surface of the ice (10), so that the ice (10) and the cutting member (9) move toward each other by rotating the threaded shaft (7) with respect to the ice (10), whereby the ice (10) is shaved by the cutting member (9).
- 5. An ice dispensing device for delivering pieces of ice, comprising a cutting member (9) and a container (1) for containing ice (10), a rotating threaded shaft (7) extending in axial direction through the space inside the container (1), and the container (1) having a surrounding side wall (3) having an inner surface (4) extending substantially parallel to the axial direction of the container (1), said inner surface (4) having a non-circular cross-section perpendicular to said axial direction, characterized in that the threaded shaft (7) carries the cutting member (9) for shaving ice from the surface of the ice (10) around the threaded shaft (7).
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