Flake ice maker

In a flake ice maker having an annular water chamber with an inner and an outer wall for maintaining a predetermined water level therein, means for refrigerating one of said walls producing a layer of ice, rotary flaking means for progressively breaking ice flakes from the layer of ice around the wall and a closed chute-type discharge means for ice extending upwardly from the annular chamber to an ice discharge outlet at the top of the chute above the water level in the chamber, the improvement of a downwardly extending lip at said top of said discharge chute, said lip forcing downwardly exiting ice flakes, said lip being a short, downwardly directed extension of the top wall of the chute to break up existing columns of ice passing up the chute and force the same downwardly.

In a flake ice maker having an annular water chamber, a vertical freezing cylinder located substantially concentric in said chamber, rotary flaking means mounted in the annular chamber for progressively breaking ice flakes from the wall of said cylinder, sloped chute type discharge means for ice extending upwardly from near the bottom of the chamber to a discharge outlet above the level of water contained in said chamber, the improvement comprising a substantially conical member covering the top of said freezing cylinder permitting water to run off the top of the cylinder and prevent accumulation of water which could freeze.

In a flake ice maker having an annular water chamber with an inner and outer wall for maintaining a predetermined water level therein, means for refrigerating one of said walls producing a layer of ice, rotary flaking means mounted for rotation around the wall producing the layer of ice for progressively breaking ice flakes from the layer of ice on the wall and chute-type discharge means for ice extending upwardly from the annular chamber, the improvement of a compression spring resiliently biasing said rotary flaking means in a downward direction and concentric shaft means extends upwardly through said annular chamber and said rotary flaking means includes a lateral bar mounted on the upper end of said shaft means and flaking blades extend downwardly from said bar in contact with the wall having the layer of ice and said compression spring bears against said shaft means biasing the same downwardly in its flaking action.