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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7174724 | Chiller with improved product distribution The chiller includes a semi-cylindrical tank (36) that conforms to the perimeter of its auger (38) so that the water can be raised to a water level (68) high above the auger shaft (44). Streams of water (84) are directed from the p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7013658 | Refrigerant subcooling by condensate Refrigerant is circulated through a vapor compression system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. Cold condensate forms on the evaporator surfaces as the refrigerant accepts heat from an air stream. The cold condensate drips d... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010933 | Ice-making mechanism of ice-making machine An ice-making water tank 54 capable of improving ice-making efficiency by suppressing increases in concentrations of the impurities contained in ice-making water is divided into a circulating tank section 58 and a retention tank section 60 by a ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6898947 | Utilization of harvest and/or melt water from an ice machine for a refrigerant subcool/precool system and method therefor A system for providing liquid refrigerant subcooling. Subcooling heat exchange is accomplished by directing and controlling the flow of said harvest and/or melt water through a refrigerant to fluid heat exchanger, or by a passive heat sink method whereby the liquid ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6619051 | Integrated cleaning and sanitizing system and method for ice machines A deliming and sanitizing process which includes injecting a liquid delimer composition into a pre-mix reservoir, and substantially simultaneously injecting a second liquid sanitizing composition into a pre-mix reservoir wherein the liquid delimer composi... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6484530 | Flow-down type ice making machinery A water storage tank assembly 12 is accommodated so that it can be pulled out and extended over an ice making chamber 1 and a machine chamber 2 by passing through a lower portion of a partition wall part 4 by which the ice making chamber 1 is separated fr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6295824 | Snow producing system in which meltwater is reused A system comprises a facility for which snow is used, a snow producing unit for producing snow from water, and a collection section for collecting meltwater and supplies the collected meltwater to the snow producing unit as water used for producing snow. ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6237359 | Utilization of harvest and/or melt water from an ice machine for a refrigerant subcool/precool system and method therefor A system for providing liquid refrigerant subcooling, subsequent to that subcooling accomplished by the primary condenser of an ice machine, by means of utilizing cold harvest and/or melt water discharge from said ice machine. The subcooler is connected i... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6153105 | Ice-maker treatment system A system for disinfecting water in an ice-making machine having a water inlet for receiving an incoming stream of water, a supply of recirculating water, a reservoir for containing the supply of recirculating water, a transport conduit for transporting wa... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148633 | Flowing-down ice making apparatus An ice making apparatus is provided, in which an ice guide plate is capable of being fixed between an ice-water tank and ice-making plates without any fastener such as a screw. To realize such an arrangement, a convex portion (20) is formed on an inner su... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6145324 | Apparatus and method for making ice An apparatus and method for making and harvesting ice. Gaseous refrigerant is directed from a suction accumulator to a compressor, then to a condenser wherein the gaseous refrigerant is condensed into a liquid and through an expansion valve which reduces ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6122927 | Ice cube guide for ice apparatus An ice guide plate with a trapezoidal main body joined to a right triangular side plate by a joining plate. The joining plate has only two lateral water recovery slots in a lower section thereof. A pair of drip ridges are provided on the back of the joini... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6112533 | Flow-down ice maker An ice-making water tank 30, which has a main body 50, is disposed generally below ice-making plates 28. A deep portion 51 of smaller cross-section is formed in the main body 50. The discharge inlet 56 of an overflow pipe 55 is disposed in the central por... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6109055 | Down-flow-type ice-making machine A down-flow-type ice-making machine has an easily detachable pump and a level sensor mounted in a water reservoir, which allows for easy maintenance. The water reservoir is provided under a horizontal wall of a rear wall of an insulated box. A through-hol... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6016663 | Automatic ice making apparatus for use in a refrigerator An automatic ice making apparatus for use in a refrigerator has a water regulation container capable of containing water therein and a pair of lateral holes formed on side portions of the water regulation container. The water regulation container is also ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6000228 | Clear ice and water saver cycle for ice making machines A reverse cycle defrost or water defrost type ice-maker refrigeration system includes a programmable controller which initiates a freezing cycle in which water is pumped for application to the chilled surface of an evaporator for freezing. All water that ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5987900 | Method and system for prechilling ambient waters for beverage dispensing machines and ice machines The system for prechilling the ambient water, derived from a pressurized source of ambient water, that is needed by an existing beverage dispenser machine and by an existing ice maker machine, includes a heat exchanger positioned outside of the dispenser ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5946924 | Automatic icemaker for a refrigerator An automatic icemaker for a refrigerator. The icemaker has an ice tray, an ice receiving container for receiving ice pieces formed in the ice tray, a water reservoir for storing a water to be supplied to the ice tray, a pump installed at one side of the w... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5927099 | Recirculating water purification system Energy and water consumption of a commercial icemaker are greatly reduced by capturing the excess water running off the freezer plates and mixing it with new water to provide a pre-chilled water supply to the freezer plates. The resulting decrease in wate... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5615559 | Method and apparatus for recirculating product in a refrigeration system A freezing system for processing frozen edible product includes a freezing section, an inlet section, a product discharge section, and a recirculation section that selectively recycles processed product through at least a portion of the outlet section bac... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5555734 | Method for reducing sediment precipitation on heat exchangers such as water prechillers for ice machines This invention relates to a method for exchanging heat between one fluid and another fluid by using a heat exchanger, and circulating at least the one fluid through a fluid flow channel within a body made of a material which is a good heat conductor as we... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5527470 | Water quality monitoring and control system for an ice maker A method for monitoring and controlling water quality in a water phase changing device, such as an ice maker, having a water inlet, a water outlet, a reservoir configured for retaining a supply of water and being in fluid communication with the inlet and ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5477694 | Method for controlling an ice making machine and apparatus therefor A method and apparatus for controlling an ice making machine by monitoring water level in a sump used for water recirculation over an evaporator plate. Self-diagnostic means are also provided for automatic shutdown upon detection of malfunction during var... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5379603 | Method and apparatus for prechilling tap water in ice machines Prechilling the tap water with the cold waste water from an ice machine is achieved by using an insulated, elongated casing, which encloses a reservoir housing a heat exchanger made of a relatively long tubing of copper to provide a relatively long path o... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5239836 | Electric control apparatus for ice making machine An electric control apparatus for an ice making machine having an upright ice making plate arranged above a water tank, a water valve arranged to be opened during the defrost cycle of operation for supplying fresh water into the water tank through the ice... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5237834 | Pre-chiller for ice maker A pre-chiller for an incoming fresh water supply of an ice maker. The device is connectable onto an upright surface of the existing ice maker, a separate wall surface or the like and includes a chamber for receiving and holding cold waste water discharged... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5011524 | Ice maker and water purifier employing pre-cooled make-up water The efficiency of the system disclosed in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,897,099, wherein purified ice pieces and purified liquid water are derived from tap water, is improved by transferring heat from the tap water to the collected ice pieces. The transferred heat w... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4938030 | Ice cube maker with new freeze and harvest control An ice cube makes has a generally upright gridded evaporator, a hot gas defrost for harvest of cubes, a storage bin below the evaporator, a hinged cube and water curtain between the evaporator and the bin, a new and improved control for the freeze cycle, ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4884413 | Ice machine An ice making machine of the type in which an ice mold is refrigerated and water recirculated from a water receiver over the refrigerated ice mold and back to the water receiver during an ice making cycle, to freeze ice forms on the ice mold, and the ice ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4881378 | High speed icemaker Apparatus for reducing the temperature of tap water enroute to the ice making section of a commercial ice cube maker. Precooling is accomplished by coiled tubing immersed in residual ice water recovered from the interior of the storage bin by a reservoir ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4848102 | Ice making apparatus An ice making apparatus is disclosed. The ice making apparatus includes a compartment enclosing an ice cube freezing form and a refrigeration system. A fresh water reservoir within the compartment is utilized to provide water for the ice cube freezing for... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4798061 | Pre-cooler apparatus and method for increasing ice maker output An apparatus and method for increasing the ice production of current ice makers. The apparatus is used in conjunction with a pre-existing beverage system to cool the water input to an existing ice maker. In this apparatus and method, an electrically-drive... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4788830 | Apparatus for bulk ice making and dispensing Apparatus for bulk ice making, storage and dispensing is described. The apparatus comprises an insulated horizontal container with an internal storage chamber having a blower mounted below the ceiling thereof in a position such that ice falling from ice m... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4719765 | Ice storage receptacle light for ice maker An ice body maker having a storage bin into which ice bodies are delivered from ice slab cutting structure. The ice bodies in the storage bin are illuminated from a lamp which utilizes the grid wires of the cutting structure as a diffusion structure for m... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4703628 | Apparatus for preparing frozen products An apparatus for preparing frozen products having a mix tank, a freezing chamber, a liquid mix supply means, a dispensing device, a freezing means for the freezing chamber comprising independent first and second freezing systems, and a frozen control mean... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4688386 | Linear release ice machine and method An ice maker in which water runs over a vertical evaporator to form ice cubes formed between vertical and horizontally mounted plates. The cubes are released from the evaporator by simultaneously applying a horizontal force to the plates while heating the... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4641501 | Device for making ice cubes Water from a water tank is sprayed through spraying openings against a plate and ends, projecting underneath the plate, of metal rods. These rods are clamped between line portions through which cooling liquid flows in opposite directions. The excess water... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4590774 | Icemaker An icemaker having a thermally conductive tube with a coolant inlet and outlet and at least one substantially flat ice-forming elongated surface. An elongated thermally non-conducting strip of material on each long side edge of the tube with an outer surf... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4531380 | Ice making machine A machine for manufacturing ice including a plurality of elongated vertical tubes of uniform internal cross-sectional dimensions, a cylindrical shell for each tube of length less than the tube and surrounding a substantial portion of the length of the tub... | 07/30/1985 |
