JP2540790B

An apparatus for automatically producing ice vessels by depressing a male die 11 into an opposed female die 21, into which ice pieces are fed from an ice crusher. At the bottom of female die 21 is formed a through hole 15, which is provided with pushing-out pin 17 raised or lowered by cylinder device 18. Above one side of the female die 11 is provided chute box 31 to feed ice pieces from an outlet port 32 into the female die 11. Above the other side of the female die 11 is provided a carrier arm 41 which is movable back and forth. After ice pieces 1 fed into female die 11 are formed into an ice vessel A by pressing the male die 21, the ice vessel A is taken out of female die 11 by raising the pushing-out pin 17 and transported by the carrier arm 41 automatically.