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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171744 | Method and apparatus for controlling temperature for forming ice within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator A method of controlling temperature for forming ice within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator is disclosed. The method includes the steps of activating at least one of the compressor and the coolant pump during an icemaking cycle to provide cooling to the ice... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8151576 | Refrigerator and method of operating a refrigerator The present invention discloses a refrigerator including a liquid, cool air supplied to supercool the liquid, and a preventing means for preventing the liquid from existing as a solid phase, and a method of operating the refrigerator. The preventing means is at leas... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8099968 | Method and apparatus for circulating air within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator A method and apparatus for circulating air within an icemaker compartment of a refrigerator are disclosed. The method includes the steps of activating the icemaker, filling the ice cavities with water, and activating the fan after a predetermined time after the ice ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8082742 | Ice-making machine with water flow sensor The present disclosure provides an ice-making system having a control system. The control system selectively places the ice-making machine in a freeze cycle and a harvest cycle, based upon inputs from sensors that determine a flow rate of fluid out of an evaporator,... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8028532 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials A system for use in freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials includes a flexible sterile container means for holding biopharmaceutical material therein and a holder more rigid than said container means. The container means is received in a cavity of... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028533 | Defrost indicator A defrost indicator is configured such that the process of freezing and defrosting the defrost indicator places the defrost indicator into a state that is not completely reversed by refreezing, so that one can detect whether the defrost indicator defrosted and refro... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8006502 | Dispenser related technology Refrigerator including a door, a dispenser mounted to the door, the dispenser having a dispensing opening for dispensing content, a button and tray combination device for controlling the dispensing of the content, as well as holding residue from the dispensing openi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001796 | Dispenser related technology A food storing apparatus dispenses a content stored in the apparatus. The food storing apparatus includes a button tray that functions as a switch to control dispensing of different contents in accordance with different moved positions of the button tray, but also f... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7921658 | Control for a refrigerator door dispenser light A door mounted dispenser for a refrigerator includes rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a cavity, a release mechanism for dispensing ice and/or water and a light for illuminating the cavity. The cavity light can be operated in one of three distinc... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908871 | Systems and methods for dispensing product The present invention relates to systems and methods for producing and dispensing aerated and/or blended products, such as food products. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895843 | Refrigerator with one piece fan motor mount A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment, a door providing access to the refrigerator, and an ice making compartment. The ice making compartment includes an assembly including a fan, bracket, grommet, and motor.... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891198 | Method and apparatus for controlling temperature in a refrigerator A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7866166 | Method for improving residual stress in pipe and apparatus An method for converting tensile residual stress on an inner surface of a welded part of a pipe to compressive residual stress with use of ice plugs formed by cooling the pipe from the outer surface, comprises the steps of: placing refrigerant containers for forming... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866167 | Icemaker system for a refrigerator An icemaker system provided in a refrigerator is designed to reduce an amount of time required to produce ice. The refrigerator includes a refrigeration system including a number of refrigeration components and a refrigeration loop. The refrigeration loop includes a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866165 | Refrigerator with a dispenser A refrigerator dispenser includes an ice dispensing actuator, an ice dispensing chute oriented closer to a front surface of a refrigerator door than the ice dispensing actuator, a liquid dispensing actuator oriented closer to the front surface of the refrigerator do... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856832 | Refrigerator with supercooled beverage dispenser and method for controlling the same A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7814754 | Method, system and mould-box for creating form-moulded items of edible ice A method, a system, and a mould box for creating form-moulded items of edible ice from an ice mass. The method includes filling at least one mould created between a number of mould boxes with ice mass, and the introduction of cooling or heating medium into the mould... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7739879 | Methods and apparatus to reduce or prevent bridging in an ice storage bin Embodiments of the invention include methods and apparatus to reduce or prevent bridging in an ice storage bin. In one embodiment, a storage bin for ice with an apparatus to reduce or prevent bridging within the ice storage bin is provided. The apparatus can include... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726136 | Systems and methods for dispensing product The present invention relates to systems and methods for producing and dispensing aerated and/or blended products, such as food products. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7647781 | Loss reduction device for the production of ice cream A device for reducing losses relating to the start-up of an industrial production line for ice cream provided with a traditional freezer. The invention relates to a device enabling the tubing used to convey the ice cream from the freezer to the dosing machine. Said ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7565812 | Method for improving residual stress in pipe and apparatus An method for converting tensile residual stress on an inner surface of a welded part of a pipe to compressive residual stress with use of ice plugs formed by cooling the pipe from the outer surface, comprises the steps of: placing refrigerant containers for forming... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7555909 | Method of fully freezing ice and refrigerator using the same A method of fully freezing ice in a refrigerator. The method includes setting a full-frozen temperature for determining whether ice is fully frozen, and a reference ambient temperature for re-adjusting the full-frozen temperature; supplying water to the ice-making t... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552594 | Refrigerator ice maker with improved air impingement 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... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549297 | Refrigerator air control damper for ice compartment An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere i... | 06/23/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7418823 | Freezer, freezing method and frozen objects The present invention provides a freezer capable of preventing/restraining quality of foods from being deteriorated, freezing method, and frozen objects manufactured using the freezer and freezing method. The freezer 10 comprises a freezer main body 101 | 09/02/2008 |
| 7395672 | Ice dispenser assembly and method of assembling same An ice-dispenser assembly for a refrigerator includes a crusher, an auger, a motor configured to drive the auger, and a sorting device operatively coupled to the auger. The sorting device is configured to deliver ice to the crusher when rotated in a first direction ... | 07/08/2008 |
| RE40393 | Method and apparatus for controlled ice crystal formation in a beverage A method for producing a desired amount of ice crystal formation in a beverage comprising the steps of cooling said beverage to a temperature below its ordinary freezing temperature at atmospheric pressure to form a cooled beverage; maintaining said beverage at a pr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7340905 | Refrigerator and method of making shaved ice A refrigerator and a method of making shaved ice by controlling a period during which ice is fed into an ice-shaving compartment, thereby preventing ice from overflowing the ice-shaving compartment and preventing the ice-shaving compartment from being broken due to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337618 | Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chill the tower carbonator tank, a closed loop flu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337617 | Refrigerator freezer door ice maker An ice maker and ice bin are provided on the inside of a freezer door of a refrigerator. The ice maker is compact, and the bin is removably mounted to the door. Ice is made by the ice maker on the door, and discharged into the ice bin, which then feeds the ice to an... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325408 | Method of controlling a refrigerator A method of controlling a refrigerator having a shaved ice discharger to discharge shaved ice produced within the refrigerator to the outside. The refrigerator includes a shaved-ice maker equipped within a freezing compartment to produce shaved ice, a shaved ice dis... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323138 | Method for extending the storage life of an article A method for treating an article which involves exposing an article within a space to a concentration of chlorine dioxide gas that exceeds the IDLH, STEL or TLV, then reducing the concentration of chlorine dioxide gas within the space to a positive quantity below th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310957 | Ice machine with remote monitoring A commercial ice making machine having an electronic monitoring device which captures the operating status and production history of the ice machine. The ice production history of the machine is communicated via telephony and/or the Internet on a regular recurring b... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293426 | Apparatus for freezing a biological sample An apparatus for freezing a biological sample having a frame, an enclosure adapted to conduct a cryogenic fluid therethrough, and a block in the enclosure such that the block is cooled to a temperature capable of freezing the sample. A force generating device is mou... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7278277 | Ice transfer device for refrigerator, and control circuit thereof The present invention relates to an ice transfer device for a refrigerator, which can transfer ice made in an ice maker to a dispenser in the refrigerator, and a control circuit of the ice transfer device. The ice transfer device for a refrigerator according to the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272935 | Device and method for forming ice around a bottle A device for forming ice around an exterior surface of a container has an upper piece. The upper piece is an elongated tubular member having a hollow interior section and an open bottom and top end. A gasket assembly is coupled to an upper interior section of the up... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272894 | Drum dryer A drum dryer provided with a liquid splash and scatter preventing equipment, which enables continuous operation by preventing a scattering liquid from making dry powder in the case in which the equipment is provided above a neighborhood of a liquid concentration sec... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266951 | Ice making and dispensing system An dispensing system suitable for lifting and dispensing ice through the refrigerator compartment door of a bottom-mount refrigerator or lifting and dispensing ice from an undercounter ice maker to a dispenser on the countertop. ... | 09/11/2007 |
