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Ice from an ice-making source is loaded into a bin and rests upon a curved liner which is spaced above the bottom of the bin. Ice is moved through the bin and above the liner by a wire auger toward a discharge opening. Ice gravitationally feeds through openings in the liner to a cold plate which for

Ice from an ice-making source is loaded into a bin and rests upon a curved liner which is spaced above the bottom of the bin. Ice is moved through the bin and above the liner by a wire auger toward a discharge opening. Ice gravitationally feeds through openings in the liner to a cold plate which forms the bottom of the bin. The ice chills the cold plate, chilling beverages flowing through passages in the cold plate. As ice resting on the cold plate takes up heat, the ice melts. Water is drained from above the cold plate. Foamed-in-place polyurethane insulation surrounds the bin. A motor is mounted on the front of the bin. A drive connected to the motor drives the ice-moving auger and discharge equipment. A motor controller is mounted near an ice-discharge chute. Beverage-dispenser valves are connected to the front of the cold plate and are aligned with the dispenser chute.

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Ice storing and dispensing apparatus comprising a bin for storing ice, a cold plate at a bottom of the bin, passages in the cold plate for flowing beverages through the cold plate, a liner within the bin spaced above the bottom for supporting a portion of the stored ice above the liner spaced from t

Ice storing and dispensing apparatus comprising a bin for storing ice, a cold plate at a bottom of the bin, passages in the cold plate for flowing beverages through the cold plate, a liner within the bin spaced above the bottom for supporting a portion of the stored ice above the liner spaced from the bottom of the bin, openings in the liner for permitting a portion of the stored ice to move through the openings and to fall to the bottom of the bin for contacting the ice with the cold plate at the bottom of the bin, an auger being centered above the cold plate between side edges thereof and the auger cooperating with openings in the liner means to distribute ice generally over an entire upper surface of the cold plate, a dispenser connected to the bin above the liner for dispensing ice stored from above the liner.