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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703299 | Ice making machine, evaporator assembly for an ice making machine, and method of manufacturing same An ice-making machine having an ice-forming surface upon which ice is formed, a refrigeration system including a microchannel evaporator that cools the ice-forming surface, and a water-supply system. The microchannel evaporator includes a microchannel tube that faci... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7681411 | Ice making and dispensing method and apparatus with increased sanitation Disclosed is an ice making apparatus and method whereby the cleanliness of ice is improved through the use of ozone (O3). The invention utilizes a volute aspirator that is positioned within the intake of a conventional sump pump. The vacuum generated by t... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7428820 | Refrigerator According to one aspect, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body and a freezing chamber formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body, which comprises an ice-makin... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7406838 | Ice-making machine An ice-making machine includes a control faceplate and formed with a water tank and an accommodating hollow. The water tank has a water intake connected with the feed water pipe of the accommodating hollow. The accommodating hollow is bored with a draining channel c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406831 | Process for the making of ice cups A process for the manufacture of the ice cups in which a condensation plate able to receive water spray for the formation of the ice elements is cooled for a predetermined period of time such as to cause freezing of the water and the subsequent formation of ice elem... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401470 | Water supply control apparatus for ice maker and method thereof There is provided a water supply control apparatus for an ice maker and method thereof. In the apparatus and method, an ejector pushes out ice, a sensor detecting portion is formed on the ejector, and at least two sensors detect a senor transit time for the sensor d... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7353657 | Control of liquid droplet stream with flow nebulizer A controlled stream of droplets, including liquid droplets contained within an atomized or nebulized stream, are directed toward or onto a target. The target may be a measuring instrument, a gas or mixture of gases, or a solid, liquid, or slush surface. A particular... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350369 | Ice maker for refrigerator An ice maker for a refrigerator/freezer having a control module for more reliably driving a rotatable ice ejector for removing ice bodies from a mold of the ice maker and for refilling mold cavities with water. The control module has an ice ejector drive with a driv... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340913 | Ice machine and ice-making assembly including a water distributor An ice machine has an ice-making assembly that includes a water distributor in which one or more structural elements form a first chamber. The first chamber is configured to receive an inflow of water, distribute the water laterally, and to controllably release the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316122 | Tray for producing particulate food products A tray assembly for use in feeding liquid composition to a freezing chamber is disclosed. The tray has a plurality of projections that are designed to provide regulated discharge of the liquid composition from the tray and to feed the liquid composition into the fre... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287397 | Refrigerator with modular water tank assembly An insulated ice making compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The ice making compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284392 | Refrigerator icemaker with wiring hooks An improved icemaker is provided for a refrigerator. The improvements include tilting the ice mold to assure that the ice cavity nearest the thermostat is filled with water; controlling air flow to the mold to promote rapid freezing of water in the mold cavities; ra... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285255 | Deodorizing and sanitizing employing a wicking device A device and method for sanitizing and deodorizing including the selective transportation of a sanitizing composition by the capillary action of a wick to an acidic composition which may be held in a reservoir, or which also may be selectively transported through th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284391 | Pump assembly for an ice making machine An ice making machine has a mechanical compartment and a water compartment that houses a water system, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor and a pump housing connected to the motor. The pump assembly is mounted to a base between the machine compa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281386 | Residential ice machine An automatic ice making machine includes a refrigeration system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and an expansion device; a water system comprising an ice forming surface in thermal contact with the evaporator; and a control system comprising i) a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281385 | Ice making method for a vertical ice making machine In an ice making plate where a plurality of ice making regions are formed in the vertical direction, a projecting portion having a lateral width B smaller than a lateral width A of the ice making regions is formed between adjacent ice making regions. At least one no... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275387 | Integrated ice and beverage dispenser An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a sep... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269959 | Snow making Method for making snow wherein snow is made within a closed environment by discharging water droplets into a body of air maintained by air conditioning means at a temperature and humidity such as to turn the water droplets into snow, falling on to a surface includin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266957 | Refrigerator with tilted icemaker An improved icemaker is provided for a refrigerator. The improvements include tilting the ice mold to assure that the ice cavity nearest the thermostat is filled with water; controlling air flow to the mold to promote rapid freezing of water in the mold cavities; ra... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267078 | Combination major appliance and pet watering system A major appliance or cabinet unit integrates an automatically refillable water bowl including a liquid level sensor and an electrical or mechanical valve in fluid communication with a source or water. In the preferred embodiment the appliance is a refrigerator freez... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7246497 | Mist generation, freezing, and delivery system The present invention provides a system that generates particles of mist, freezes the mist particles, and delivers a mixture of a gas and the solid mist particles to an external application. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243508 | Ice making section of stream down type ice making machine An ice making section of a stream down type ice making machine for enabling easy cleaning between a pair of ice making plates and for enabling individual replacement of every component, thereby reducing the cost of replacement. A plurality of mounting members... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225628 | Ice making machine An ice making machine composed of a water tank for storing an amount of ice making water, an upright ice making plate arranged above the water tank, and a water sprinkler located immediately above the ice making plate to spray ice making water supplied from the wate... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216494 | Supermarket refrigeration system and associated methods A supermarket refrigeration system may include a plurality of supermarket refrigeration cases, each including an evaporator and an associated compressor connected downstream therefrom. A common condenser is connected downstream from the compressors, and a receiver i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216491 | Ice maker with adaptive fill An icemaker assembly includes an ice tray having an ice forming compartment, a water line configured to advance water from a water source to the ice tray, a valve operable to selectively block advancement of water through the water line while an actuation signal is ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207179 | Method of connecting heat transfer pipe and capillary tube A connecting method and structure is provided to reliably ensure the compressive strength of the joint between a heat transfer pipe and a capillary tube when connecting the capillary tube to the heat transfer pipe by direct brazing. In the connection structure betwe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201015 | Micro-channel tubing evaporator An ice cube making machine having an evaporator assembly on which ice is formed. The evaporator assembly is constructed using micro-channel tubing that provides several channels for the flow of refrigerant within the channels. Liquid refrigerant flowing through the ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201014 | Ice maker An ice-maker for producing transparent ice cubes has a refrigerating assembly, an ice cube making tub, and a feeding tank for filling the ice cube making tub in a common housing. The ice cube making tub is movable between a first position, wherein cooling fingers of... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195744 | Device for holding a container for a composition that produces an antimicrobially active gas A device and method for cleaning and deodorizing a unit having an enclosed space not otherwise easily accessible for cleaning and deodorizing. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185508 | Refrigerator with compact icemaker A refrigerator/freezer with an ice maker having an ice cube tray in which are formed multiple ice cube recesses. The ice cube tray is movable between a fill position and a harvest position. The ice cube tray has a composite construction comprising a base layer and a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174744 | Method of improving the biocidal efficacy of dry ice A manufactured dry ice product containing ozone entrapped or absorbed on said dry ice. The dry ice product can be used to chill and preserve food products and provides the added benefit of ozonation of the food product to kill bacteria. Novel processes for ozonating... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146823 | Horizontal and vertical direct exchange heating/cooling system sub-surface tubing installation means A sub-surface geothermal direct exchange sub-surface tubing installation means, comprising situating certain specified tubing sizes for certain specified horizontal distances and for certain specified depths within each of a horizontally oriented trench and a vertic... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143588 | System and method for controlling ice tray fill in an ice maker A water control system for an ice maker includes a capacitive sensor located within a compartment of an ice tray in an ice maker. The capacitive sensor generates a water fill signal corresponding to dielectric changes in the sensor as water fills the compartment of ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131280 | Method for making ice in a compact ice maker A method of making ice cubes in a compact ice maker by setting a freeze time based on the determined volume of a mold for the ice maker. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127900 | Method and apparatus for producing ice containing ozone A method and apparatus 10 for producing ice containing ozone by injecting ozonated water in which ozone is dissolved or suspended into a cylindrical-shaped container 14 provided with an airtight lid 12 at one side of the container 14, and... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121108 | Cover assembly of machinery chamber in refrigerator Refrigerator including a machinery chamber in a cabinet of the refrigerator having components provided therein, the components including a valve for connecting to a hose to supply water to the refrigerator, a cover attached to the cabinet to cover the machinery cham... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111365 | Knob with decorative ring and snap on cap A multi-piece knob having a cylindrical tubular plastic body with a central hub and a peripheral wall. An annular end wall extends from the peripheral wall and terminates radially short of the central hub to define a passage into the tubular body and around the hub.... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104085 | Combined ice and beverage dispenser and icemaker An ice/beverage dispenser is characterized by an ice/beverage dispensing machine having an integral ice making capacity. An icemaker of the dispenser and the ice and beverage dispensing portion share an evaporator that that is utilized both for chilling beverage wat... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100379 | Water supply control apparatus and method for ice maker A water supply control apparatus and method for an ice maker, in which an amount of supplied water is controlled so as to supply an accurate amount of the water to an ice tray. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying water to an ice tray for a predetermined t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7082782 | Low-volume ice making machine An ice machine includes an evaporator with a plurality of individual ice-forming cells. Each ice-forming cell is open at a lower end. A water distributor is coupled to the evaporator and configured to deliver water to the upper end of each ice-forming cell. A refrig... | 08/01/2006 |
