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US 6,381,975 B1Granted
Ice dispenser
AssigneeHoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Tsuchikawa
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AssigneeHoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Tsuchikawa
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Disclosed is an ice dispenser in which an agitating device (11) is operated only when necessary to thereby prevent ice cubes in an ice storage vessel (18) from sticking together, allowing ice to be smoothly discharged from the ice storage vessel (18). The ice dispenser includes an ice-making device (1), the ice storage vessel (18), an ice discharge port (41), an agitating device (11) for agitating the ice in the ice storage vessel (18), and an operation control device (30) which operates the agitating device (11) at the time of ice discharge or ice-making operation and which causes, when no ice-making operation is being performed, the agitating device (11) to operate after an interval of a predetermined first set time for a predetermined second set time by timer means (TM 1, TM 2), wherein when the agitating device (11) is stopped by stopping the ice discharge or ice-making operation, the operation control device (30) resets the timer means (TM 1) to start the first set time.
An ice dispenser comprising:
An operation control device for an ice dispenser comprising an ice-making device, an ice storage vessel, an ice discharge port, and an agitating device for agitating the ice in the ice storage vessel,
An operation control method for an ice dispenser, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.