Flaked ice dispenser

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR STORING AND DISPENSING PARTICULATE ICE: A CYLINDRICAL PARTICULATE ICE STORAGE COMPARTMENT, A BOTTOM PLATE CLOSING THE LOWER END OF SAID COMPARTMENT, SAID PLATE HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID COMPARTMENT, THE PORTIONS OF SAID PLATE DEFINING THE OPPOSITE RADIAL EDGES OF SAID OPENING BEING VERTICALLY OFFSET RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WHEREBY TO PRESENT A RAISED, SHEARING SURFACE TO A MASS OF ICE PARTICLES MOVING ACROSS SAID OPENING, VANE MEANS ROTATABLE WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT FOR MOVING PARTICULATE ICE ACROSS SAID OPENING, DRIVE MEANS FOR EFFECTING ROTATION OF SAID VANE MEANS, A DIRVE SHAFT COMMUNICATING SAID DRIVE MEANS WITH SAID VANE MEANS AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH AN ACTUATING SWITCH FOR SELECTIVELY DEENERGIZING SAID DRIVE MEANS, AND ACTUATING MEANS COOPERABLE WITH SAID ACTUATING SWITCH AND RESPONSIVE TO THE ROTATIVE POSITION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO ACTUATE SAID SWITCH AND THEREBY WHEREBY TO DEENERGIZE SAID DRIVE MEANS.