Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice machine discharge assembly ratchet structure
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Application No.: US14797420Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US09989291B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Eiji Kuroda
- Applicant: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Gunma
- Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Gunma
- Agency: Keating & Bennett, LLP
- Main IPC: F25C5/00
- IPC: F25C5/00 ; F25C1/04 ; F25C5/04

Abstract:
An ice machine includes an ice discharge gear to which an output of a motor is transmitted. The ice discharge gear is configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a cam member is disposed at a first axial side of the ice discharge gear and provided with a ratchet structure between the cam member and the ice discharge gear, and an ice discharge shaft is connected to the cam member in a facing relationship with the cam member and configured to scrape out ice pieces with ice discharge claw portions during rotation of the ice discharge shaft. A flat or substantially flat sleeve is disposed at a second axial side of the ice discharge gear so as to face the ice discharge gear across a gap, and an elastic member is interposed between the sleeve and the ice discharge gear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160010911A1 ICE MACHINE Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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