APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPENSING PARTICULATE ICE AND COLD BEVERAGE WITH IRREVERSIBLE SEPARATION OF COOLING ICE

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA method of and apparatus for dispensing both particulateice and cold beverage wherein a common supply of ice is Usedfirstly for dispensing and then secondly for cooling of thebeverage. A pair of co-axial rotors are co-rotated abouta common vertical axis by a single motor, the upper rotordispenses particulate ice off of an annular upper bottom.All ice that falls through the open center of the upper bottomirreversibly falls down upon a cold plate and the lowerrotor moves the fallen cooling ice on the cold plate forenhanced cooling.