Ice making and dispensing machine

Claim 2

AN ICE CUBE MAKING MACHINE COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING CYLINDRICAL FREEZING CHAMBER HAVING AN OUTLET AT THE UPPER END THEREOF, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO SAID FREEZING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR COOLING SAID FREEZING CHAMBER, AN UPSTANDING AUGER IN SAID FREEZING CHAMBER FOR SCRAPING FLAKED ICE THEREFROM AND FOR DELIVERING THE FLAKED ICE TO SAID OUTLET, AN EXTRUDING HEAD POSITIONED ABOVE AND SPACED FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID AUGER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF ICE COMPRESSING AND ICE SHAPING PASSAGE THERETHROUGH, DRIVE MECHANISM FOR OPERATING SAID AUGER TO FORCE THE FLAKED ICE FROM SAID OUTLET INTO AND THROUGH SAID ICE PASSAGES, AND AN ICE CUTTER MOUNTED ON SAID AUGER FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND DISPOSED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE AND SLIGHTLY SPACED FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID EXTRUDING HEAD AND SAID ICE PASSAGES THERETHROUGH, THE RADIAL EXTENT OF SAID ICE CUTTER BEING SUCH AS TO BLOCK EACH ICE PASSAGE FOR AT LEAST ABOUT 90* ROTATION OF SAID AUGER SEQUENTIALLY TO FORM IN SAID ICE PASSAGES RODS OF COMPACT AND COHERENT ICE AND THEREAFTER SEQUENTIALLY TO BREAK THE RODS OF ICE INTO INDIVIDUAL COMPACT AND COHERENT ICE CUBES AS THE RODS ISSUE FROM SAID ICE PASSAGES.

Claim 3

A COMBINATION ICE CUBE MAKING AND DISPENSING MACHINE COMPRISING, A HOUSING HAVING A DISPENSING SPOUT EXTENDING THEREFROM, AN ICE CUBE MAKING MACHINE DISPOSED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN OUTLET AT THE UPPER END THEREOF, AN ICE CUBE STORAGE HOPPER IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN INLET IN THE LOWER END THEREOF COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTLET AND HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SPOUT, A COVER FOR THE UPPER END OF SAID STORAGE HOPPER, ICE LEVEL CONTROL MECHANISM ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID COVER AND A FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT DIAPHRAGM ON THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID COVER COMPLETELY COVERING THE UPPER END OF SAID HOPPER TO PROVIDE INSULATION THEREFOR AND TO PROTECT SAID ICE LEVEL CONTROL MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID COVER FROM THE MOISTURE AND ICE WITHIN SAID HOPPER, SAID ICE LEVEL CONTROL MECHANISM PERMITTING OPERATION OF SAID ICE CUBE MAKING MACHINE ONLY WHEN THE LEVEL OF ICE CUBES IN SAID HOPPER IS WITHIN PREDETEREMINED LIMITS, A DOOR FOR SAID OPENING MOVABLE BETWEEN A NORMALLY CLOSED POSITION AND AN OPEN DISPENSING POSITION, AND A CONTROL MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING ADJACENT TO SAID SPOUT FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID DOOR AND MOVABLE BETWEEN A DOOR CLOSING POSITION AND A DOOR OPENING POSITION, SAID CONTROL MEMBER BEING MOVABLE TO SAID DOOR OPENING POSITION UPON THE PLACEMENT OF A CONTAINER THEREAGAINST AND BENEATH SAID SPOUT FOR CAUSING THE DISPENSING OF ICE FROM SAID HOPPER THROUGH SAID OPENING AND SAID SPOUT INTO THE ASSOCIATED CONTAINER CONTACTING SAID CONTROL MEMBER.

Claim 4

A COMBINATION ICE CUBE MAKING AND DISPENSING MACHINE COMPRISING, A HOUSING HAVING A DISPENSING SPOUT EXTENDING THEREFROM, AN ICE CUBE MAKING MACHINE DISPOSED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN OUTLET AT THE UPPER END THEREOF, AN ICE CUBE STORAGE HOPPER IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING AN INLET IN THE LOWER END THEREOF COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTLET AND HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SPOUT, A COVER FOR THE UPPER END OF SAID STORAGE HOPPER, ICE LEVEL CONTROL MECHANISM ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID COVER AND A FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT DIAPHRAGM ON THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID COVER COMPLETELY COVERING THE UPPER END OF SAID HOPPER TO PROVIDE INSULATION THEREFOR AND TO PROTECT SAID ICE LEVEL CONTROL MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID COVER FROM THE MOISTURE AND ICE WITHIN SAID HOPPER, SAID ICE LEVEL CONTROL MECHANISM PERMITTING OPERATION OF SAID ICE CUBE MAKING MACHINE ONLY WHEN THE LEVEL OF ICE CUBES IN SAID HOPPER IS WITHIN PREDETEREMINED LIMITS, A DOOR FOR SAID OPENING MOVABLE BETWEEN A NORMALLY CLOSED POSITION AND AN OPEN DISPENSING POSITION, AND A CONTROL MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING ADJACENT TO SAID SPOUT FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID DOOR AND MOVABLE BETWEEN A DOOR CLOSING POSITION AND A DOOR OPENING POSITION, SAID CONTROL MEMBER BEING MOVABLE TO SAID DOOR OPENING POSITION UPON THE PLACEMENT OF A CONTAINER THEREAGAINST AND BENEATH SAID SPOUT FOR CAUSING THE DISPENSING OF ICE FROM SAID HOPPER THROUGH SAID OPENING AND SAID SPOUT INTO THE ASSOCIATED CONTAINER CONTACTING SAID CONTROL MEMBER.