Cabinet for dispensing granulated ice

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A CABINET OF THE KIND DESCRIBED, A DISPENSER COMPRISING A STORAGE BIN FOR HOLDING A QUANTITY OF GRANULATED ICE, SAID BIN HAVING IN ITS BOTTOM A CENTRALLY DISPOSED OPENING FOR DISCHARGING WATER AND AN ECCENTRICALLY DISPOSED OPENING FOR DISCHARGING ICE A SHROUD OVERLYING THE CENTRALLY DISPOSED OPENING FOR PREVENTING ACCESS OF ICE THERETO, SAID SHROUD AND WALL OF THE BIN PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN, SAID ECCENTRICALLY DISPOSED DISCHARGE OPENING BEING SITUATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ANNULAR SPACE, A COMB SITUATED IN THE ANNULAR SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN, MEANS SUPPORTING THE COMB FOR MOVEMENT IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE PARALLEL TO THE BOTTOM VERTICALLY DISPOSED TEETH CARRIED BY THE COMB ADAPTED TO SWEEP ICE GRANULES ADJACENT THE BOTTOM ACROSS THE ECCENTRICALLY DISPOSED DISCHARGE OPENING, A PLURALITY OF TEETH FIXED TO THE BOTTOM ADJACENT THE ECCENTRICALLY DISPOSED OPENING AT THE FAR SIDE, RELATIVE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE COMB, SAID FIXED TEETH BEING ARRANGED TO ALTERNATE WITH TEETH ON THE COMB, A PART BLOCKING DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID ECCENTRICALLY DISPOSED DISCHARGE OPENING, AND MEANS OPERABLE, BY RETRACTION OF SAID PART, TO INITIATE MOVEMENT OF THE COMB.