Arrangement for making, proportioning, discharging and storing small clear ice bodies
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An arrangement for making, proportioning, discharging and storing small clear ice bodies includes at least one freezer unit for continuously producing small ice bodies from water. An insulated housing arranged undernearth the at least one freezer unit for the immediate storage of the small ice bodies includes means for revolving the small ice bodies and for conveying the small ice bodies to an outlet opening in the bottom of the housings. The intermediate storage housing has a bottom plate which is inclined toward the outlet opening. A pipe screw is provided for revolving and conveying the small ice bodies. A unit for proportioning and filling includes a filling chamber arranged underneath the outlet openings. A bag storage housing is arranged underneath the intermediate storage housing and includes at least one inlet opening which is positioned in the region of the proportioning and filling unit. The bag storage housing has at least one opening for removing the filled bags. A unit for generating a veil of cold air and for lowering the temperature below the freezing point is positioned above the removal opening.
In an arrangement for making, proportioning, discharging and storing small clear ice bodies, the arrangement including at least one freezer unit for continuously producing small ice bodies from water, an insulated housing for an intermediate storage of the small ice bodies, the intermediate storage housing including a bottom with an outlet opening, the intermediate storage housing including means for revolving the small ice bodies and for conveying the small ice bodies to the outlet opening, a unit for proportioning and filling the small ice bodies into bags, and an insulated housing for storing the filled bags, the improvement comprising the at least one freezer unit being mounted above the intermediate storage housing and the intermediate storage housing being mounted above the bag storage housing, a bottom plate being mounted in the intermediate storage housing, the bottom plate being downwardly inclined toward the outlet opening, the unit for revolving and conveying the small ice bodies being a pipe screw, the proportioning and filling unit including a filling chamber having a top and a bottom, a closure each being provided at the top and the bottom of the filling chamber, the bag storage housing having at least one inlet opening positioned at the proportioning and filling unit and at least one removal opening for removing the filled bags, and a means for producing a veil of cold air and for lowering the storage temperature below the freezing point being positioned at least above the removal opening.
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