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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7263846 | Refrigerant bypassing and filtering apparatus of air conditioner and method for controlling the same A refrigerant bypassing and filtering apparatus of an air conditioner is disclosed which is capable of effectively removing foreign matter such as slag produced in a refrigerant line, not only when the air conditioner is initially operated, but also during normal op... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263849 | Refrigerating system for refrigerator A refrigerating system for a refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a compressor that compresses refrigerant, a condenser connected to the compressor that condenses compressed refrigerant, an expansion valve connected to the condenser that expands cond... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7223426 | System and method for dispensing a liquid beverage concentrate The present invention is related to a device and method for dispensing dual component liquids or concentrates packaged in separate containers to provide protection from effects such as oxidation and moisture loss. The liquids or concentrates can be dispensed through... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7168262 | Ice making machine In external unit 19, three-way valve 25 provided downstream of CPR 23 enables a switching connection between CPR 23 and branch line 21A of first bypass line 21 with respect to liquid line 18 A. In internal unit 20 | 01/30/2007 |
| 7062936 | Clear ice making refrigerator A compact refrigerator has a split cabinet defining insulated refrigerator and clear ice maker sections. Its refrigeration system includes one external compressor and condenser and two evaporators, one for each section. The condenser is coupled to the inlet of the i... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059140 | Liquid milk freeze/thaw apparatus and method A high throughput, short batch cycle commercial ice making machine produces salt containing, milk containing or beverage containing commercial ice, which resists melting in convenient sizes for mobile food carts, market produce, or fish displays. The machine introdu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028494 | Defrosting methodology for heat pump water heating system Refrigerant is circulated through a vapor compression system including a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion device, and an evaporator. When a sensor detects that frozen water droplets form on the evaporator, a valve positioned between the discharge of the compre... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017353 | 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... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6920764 | Commercial ice making apparatus and method A high throughput, short batch cycle commercial ice making machine produces commercial ice which resists melting in convenient sizes for mobile food carts, market produce, or fish displays. The machine introduces super-cooled water, that is in a liquid state while e... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6742351 | Ice making machine An ice-making machine comprises a housing, an evaporator connected to a freezing system, a base frame having a plurality of freezing cells for receiving water to be frozen, a freezing base plate on which the evaporator is disposed, the freezing base plate having a l... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6705107 | Compact ice making machine with cool vapor defrost An ice making machine has a water system, including a pump, an ice-forming mold and interconnecting lines therefore; a refrigeration system, including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, an evaporator in thermal contact with the ice-forming mold, and a r... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6688130 | Ice making machine An ice making machine comprises a housing, an evaporator connected to a freezing system, a base frame having a plurality of freezing cells for being filled with water to be frozen, a freezing base plate provided with the evaporator and freezing fingers fo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6681580 | Ice machine with assisted harvest A method of making and harvesting ice cubes includes freezing water in an ice-forming mold having a back surface, an open front face and dividers mounted on the back surface forming pockets for the formation of individual ice cubes, the water also forming... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6668575 | Quiet ice making apparatus 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 packag... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6647739 | Ice making machine An ice making machine comprising a housing, an evaporator connected to a freezing system, a base frame having a lower surface and a multiplicity of freezing cells for retaining water to be frozen, a freezing base plate provided adjacent to the evaporator ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6637227 | Quiet ice making apparatus 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 packag... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6588219 | Commercial ice making apparatus and method A high throughput, short batch cycle commercial ice making machine produces commercial ice which resists melting in convenient sizes for mobile food carts, market produce, or fish displays. The machine introduces super-cooled water, that is in a liquid st... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6434965 | Apparatus for freezing liquids into large blocks An apparatus for forming a large block of frozen liquid having vertically-disposed heat transfer tubes positioned within an open-bottom, walled mold, and elevator means to raise and lower a platform or a tray to seal with the mold as a bottom to receive a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425438 | Method for defrosting a container and a frozen liquid therein Method for rapidly defrosting a container and a frozen liquid therein, including the steps of providing a block of material of high heat transfer capability and defining a bore extending downwardly into the block from an upper surface thereof, the bore ha... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6205807 | Low cost ice making evaporator An ice cube making evaporator design comprising an aluminum roll-bond evaporator plate (50) which is encased in a plastic grid (59) of vertical and horizontal ridges, thereby forming an array of freezing sites (28) on both sides of the plate. Plastic grid... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6196007 | Ice making machine with cool vapor defrost An ice making machine has a water system, including a pump, an ice-forming mold and interconnecting lines therefore; a refrigeration system, including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, an evaporator in thermal contact with the ice-forming mo... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6196296 | Freezing and thawing vessel with thermal bridge formed between container and heat exchange member The present invention relates to a thermal transfer method for heating or cooling a biopharmaceutical medium. A structure is positioned in the container. A heat exchange member is coupled to an interior surface of the container wherein a distal end of the... | 03/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5974821 | System and method for channeled freeze processing of non-solid materials A system for the processing of materials includes a freezing section and a thawing section, with elongated channels extending through both sections, and gates between the sections and at the output of the thawing section. Large blocks of frozen material a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5924301 | Apparatus for ice harvesting in commercial ice machines An apparatus for restoring the efficiency of ice cube making machines with a vertically oriented evaporator plate is disclosed. These evaporator plates have a series of ice cube molds arranged in a lattice pattern on one side of the evaporator plate and a... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5794452 | Hot gas bypass system for an icemaker An icemaker incorporating a hot gas bypass system for introducing a supplemental quantity of refrigerant from a condenser into a compressor of the icemaker during a harvest cycle. The system includes a harvest bypass valve disposed in a bypass conduit cou... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5727453 | Apparatus and method for thawing frozen food product A new method and apparatus for thawing frozen food product utilizing desuperheated gas thawing medium near its saturation point. The transfer of the latent heat of condensation from the thawing medium to the frozen food product immediately condenses the t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5722244 | Modular ice cube maker and method of manufacture An ice cuber and method for manufacturing the same that is constructed of plastic panels, in which instructions, blind fastener holes, a fan shroud, and a water trough are all molded into the panels. Some of the panels are permanently attached to each oth... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5606869 | Cylindrical ice cube maker An ice maker which produces clean, crescent-shaped ice pieces. A threaded cylindrical evaporator surrounded by copper tubing and having a centrally mounted driver with fins freezes water into crescent-shaped ice pieces and dispenses them from a chute at t... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5584186 | Refrigerant circuit for ice making machine etc. Disclosed is a refrigerant circuit for ice making machines and the like, the circuit comprising a freezing circuit in which a high-pressure and high-temperature vaporized refrigerant is fed from a compressor through a solenoid valve to a condenser, the re... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5555744 | Refrigerant circuit for ice making machines etc. Disclosed is a refrigerant circuit for an ice making machine and the like, in which not only drop in the performance or damage of a compressor due to the abnormally elevated higher level pressure thereof but also double-freezing can effectively be prevent... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5524706 | Freeze-thawing tank assembly A freeze-thawing tank assembly includes an upright vessel having a hollow defined therein for accommodating therein a quantity of fluid medium to be treated. The vessel is closed at an upper end by a lid and at a lower end by a normally closed discharge v... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524451 | Method and apparatus for freezing food products A new method and apparatus for freezing food products utilizing a conventional refrigeration cycle. Refrigerant is fed into an array of heat transfer tubes mounted for immersion in a container of perishable food product whereby heat is transferred from th... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5426954 | Ice piece manufacturing apparatus An ice piece manufacturing apparatus is disclosed in which a guide plate is directly installed to retaining plates through both hook members formed at lower ends of the retaining plates which retain manufacturing plates and long holes opened in brim plate... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5419151 | Ice making machine An ice making machine in which ice making water in a static or flowing condition is gradually frozen on the surface of an ice making plate cooled at an ice making cycle of the machine, wherein the surface of said ice making plate is made of synthetic resi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5355697 | Cooling medium circuit for ice making machine etc. Disclosed is a cooling medium circuit for ice making machines and the like, comprising a freezing circuit in which a high-pressure and high-temperature vaporized cooling medium compressed in a compressor is fed to a condenser, the cooling medium liquefied... | 10/18/1994 |
