Ice cube maker having bin control

• US 3,163,017 A
• Filed: 07/24/1961
• Issued: 12/29/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Clyde F. Baker, Lyle F. Shaw, Romeo Bougie
• Original Assignee: Clyde F. Baker, Lyle F. Shaw, Romeo Bougie
• Inventors: Baker, Clyde F., Bougie, Romeo, Shaw, Lyle F.
• Application Number:
  US04/126,195
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• US Class Current: 62/137
• CPC Class Codes: F25C 1/04 by using stationary moulds

Claims

8. IN AN ICE MAKING MACHINE, A FREEZER MOLD PROVIDED WITH AN ICE PIECE-FORMING CAVITY THEREIN;

A MEMBER EXTENDING INTO SAID CAVITY AND CLOSING THE BOTTOM OF SAID CAVITY AND BEING RECIPROCABLE IN SAID CAVITY;

A SUPPORT;

MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING SAID MEMBER TO RAISE THE ICE PIECE ABOVE THE TOP OF SAID MOLD AND TO RETURN SAID MEMBER TO ITS CAVITY BOTTOM-CLOSING POSITION INCLUDING A LEVER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT AND TO SAID MEMBER;

A RECEPTACLE FOR ICE PIECE;

MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID RAISED ICE PIECE FROM THE TOP OF SAID MOLD INTO SAID RECEPTACLE;

A FEELER ELEMENT PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORT AND NORMALLY POSITIONED ABOVE SAID RECEPTACLE AND ROTATABLE TO ONE SIDE OF SAID RECEPTACLE PRIOR TO MOVEMENT OF SAID ICE PIECE INTO SAID RECEPTACLE;

CAM MEANS CONNECTED TO AND CONTINUOUSLY OPERATIVE ON SAID LEVER, SAID CAM MEANS BEING ALSO CONNECTED TO SAID FEELER ELEMENT, SAID CAM MEANS BEING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID MEMBER TO RAISE SAID ICE PIECE TO THE TOP OF SAID MOLD FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID ICE PIECE INTO SAID RECEPTACLE, AND FOR ROTATING SAID FEELER ELEMENT TO ONE SIDE OF SAID RECEPTACLE;

MEANS OPERATIVE FOR ACTUATING SAID CAM MEANS;

AND MEANS FOR RENDERING SAID CAM-ACUTATING MEANS INOPERABLE TO MOVE SAID FEELER ELEMENT INCLUDING MEANS CONNECTING SAID CAM MEANS TO SAID FEELER ELEMENT WHEN SAID FEELER ELEMENT IS DISPOSED AT THE SIDE OF SAID RECEPTACLE AND MOVEMENT OF SAID FEELER ELEMENT TO ITS NORMAL POSITION OVER SAID RECEPTACLE IS IMPEDED BY THE ICE PIECES IN SAID RECEPTACLE.