Method of making pieces of ice and an ice dispensing device

摘要

A method and a device for making pieces of ice where water in a container is frozen into ice. A helically threaded shaft extends through the container so that the ice surrounds the shaft and is engaged by the helical thread of the shaft. The threaded shaft is rotated with respect to the ice so that the ice is moved toward a cutting member carried by the threaded shaft. Subsequently, the ice is shaved by the cutting member.

主权项

1. A method of making pieces of ice comprising the acts of:
freezing water in a container into ice, wherein the container has an inner surface and an axial length from a first end of the container to a second end of the container; rotating a helically threaded shaft that extends through the container, wherein the ice surrounds and contacts the shaft and is engaged by a helical thread of the shaft for moving the ice in an axial direction with respect to the shaft toward a cutting member due to rotation of the helical thread that contacts the ice, wherein the shaft carries the cutting member being located at a surface of the ice that moves towards the cutting member by the rotating act; and shaving the ice by the cutting member, wherein the inner surface of the container diverges over the axial length of the container along a direction of the cutting member to improve movability of the ice toward the cutting member.