A BEVERAGE COOLING APPARATUS

摘要

A beverage cooling system has an ice storage bin having a mechanical agitator disposed therein. The ice storage bin includes an opening (12) at a bottom portion thereof, and the mechanical agitator (11) is actuable to mechanically agitate ice in the ice bin and mechanically force ice through the opening (12). An ice guide (96) is disposed adjacent the opening in the ice storage bin. A cold plate (1) is disposed adjacent the ice guide. The cold plate (1) has an inclined upper surface thereof and includes at least one beverage line disposed underneath the upper surface. The ice guide is positioned to deflect and guide ice onto the inclined upper surface of the cold plate, wherein the ice is moved along the upper surface by mechanical force provided by an actuation of the agitator (11).