B - Operations – Transporting – 02 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
02
C
20/11
B02C 11/02 (2006.01) F25C 5/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1307639
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An ice storage bin and discharge apparatus for discharge of uniform size ice to an outlet station for bagging or other use, including an ice bin in the form of an elongated insulated storage receptacle for containing a mass of ice, and endless floor level conveyor adjacent and overlying the bottom wall spanning the length and width thereof defining an upper flight for advancing the mass of ice toward a discharge end wall of the bin. A first drive is provided for driving the floor level endless conveyor at a predetermined speed, and an ice shearing mechanism is provided at the discharge end wall comprising a plurality of ice shaving blades positioned to lie in a vertical cutting path extending above and aligned with a transverse discharge conveyor with the shear blades collectively transversely spanning substantially the width of the bin at plural levels above the discharge conveyor. A second drives moves the shear blades at a constant predetermined speed substantially through the height of the bin across the face of the ice mass being advanced toward the discharge end wall by the floor level conveyor to shear a selected thickness of ice particles off of the face of the ice mass to fall into the working zone of the discharge conveyor.
596927
Macrae & Co.
Morris William F. Jr.
LandOfFree
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