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Machine for shaving ice

  • US 4,962,895 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1989
  • Issued: 10/16/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An ice shaving machine, comprising:

  • a frame having a base for supporting the machine on a supporting surface, an upstanding pedestal projecting upwardly from one side of the base, and a top supported on the pedestal so as to overlie the base in upwardly spaced relationship thereto;

    said top including an ice receptacle supported on the pedestal for holding a quantity of ice to be shaved, said ice receptacle having a bottom with a first opening therethrough for discharge of shaved ice through the bottom of the ice receptacle, and further having a drain opening for draining melted ice away from the receptacle;

    ice shaving blade means projecting into the ice receptacle for shaving ice placed therein;

    a drain receptacle supported beneath the ice receptacle in position to catch moisture drained through the drain opening, said drain receptacle being disposed in spaced relationship below said ice receptacle and thereby defining a first air gap;

    a drain pan supported on said base in spaced relationship below said drain receptacle;

    a drain tube leading from the drain receptacle to said drain pan for conducting moisture from said drain receptacle to said drain pan and having a discharge end spaced from said drain pan to define a second air gap, said first and second air gaps functioning to prevent migration to the ice receptacle of molds and bacteria which might from in the drain tubes; and

    a removable drain tray placed over said drain pan to catch shaved ice, said drain tray having a drain opening therethrough for draining melted ice into the drain pan and being liftable away from said drain pan for disposing of shaved ice collected in said drain tray.

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