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A dispenser for crushed and cubed ice has a housing arranged forming an article containing chamber from which ice can be dispensed on demand through a discharge opening provided in the housing. A plurality of parallel, coextending screw conveyors are disposed within the chamber and disposed adjacent a floor thereof selectively moving ice toward the discharge opening of the housing without excavating the ice beneath the conveyors, with a baffle being disposed extending from adjacent the discharge opening for preventing bridging of ice within the chamber of the dispenser by causing part of the ice moved by the conveyors toward the discharge opening to orbit about the chamber. Operation of the conveyors can be controlled by a coin-actuated mechanism, and the like, in conjunction with a weighing scale on which the ice receiving receptacle can be disposed, and a suitable electrical circuit including a timer causing interruption of the circuit after a predetermined length of time in the event the weighing scale is lifted upwardly or is otherwise prevented from a normal downward movement as ice is being dispensed.
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