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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841191 | Water spillage management for in the door ice maker A refrigerator freezer having an ice maker positioned on a refrigerator compartment or freezer compartment door. The ice maker is arranged to prevent or manage spills from the ice maker in the event the door on which the ice maker is mounted is opened or closed when... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7472552 | Ice maker having fan assembly and fan assembly control method The present invention relates to an ice maker having a fan assembly. The ice maker 30 of the present invention comprises a main body 40 and a fan assembly 60 mounted to the main body 40 by means of resilient mounting hooks. A housing 6... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7430873 | 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... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7380403 | Heat exchange device for a cold-producing machine The invention relates to a heat exchange device including at least one heat exchange wall (6) between the refrigerant fluid (3) and the fluid to be cooled (4) having on one side a so-called hot surface (7) in contact with the fluid to be ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7353658 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting, and thawing biopharmacuetical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343749 | Method of operating auger ice-making machine A method of operating an auger ice-making machine having a refrigeration casing, an auger screw rotatably disposed inside the casing and feeding, while scraping, the ice frozen on an inner wall surface of the casing, a stocker for storing/retaining the ice fed, the ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7328590 | Corrosion resistant evaporative coil for refrigeration system An evaporative coil for a condenser assembly in a refrigeration system, the evaporative coil having a portion of its length received in a tubular cladding made of corrosion resistant material, for example, stainless steel. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322201 | Ice making apparatus An ice making apparatus is provided in which a refrigeration cycle is used to produce ice inside an evaporator that is generally horizontally disposed, with a hollow auger being provided with a helical flight thereon, for scraping ice from the inner wall of the evap... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322206 | Device for refrigerating and/or freezing products A device for refrigerating and/or freezing products in which the products are conveyed by a conveyor belt through a treatment zone equipped with refrigeration equipment. The conveyor belt passes over sliding rails which are mounted on a supporting frame. To prevent ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7283547 | Switch fabrics logical synchronization utilizing propagation lockdown A switch includes a port card for receiving packets from and sending packets to a network. The switch includes a fabric connected to the port card for switching the packets. The fabric has memory controllers which perform logical functions and in which portions of t... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7263835 | Ice cube maker An ice cube maker has an ice tray, a thermoelectric cooling chip, a heat sink and a fan sequentially mounted together. The ice tray has a top surface and multiple recesses formed in the top surface. When liquid is placed in the recesses in the ice tray, the thermoel... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240510 | Refrigerator There is provided a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a blower fan is installed in a refrigerant body to blow a cold air, a barrier partitions an inner space of the refrigerator body into a freezing chamber and a chilling chamber, an ice machine is installed in the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7228703 | Cold air guide structure of ice-making chamber of cold chamber door The present invention relates to a cold air guide structure of an ice-making chamber of a cold chamber door. The structure including: the cold chamber door; an insulation case disposed inside of the cold chamber door, thermally insulated and having an ice-making cha... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228690 | Thermal storage apparatus The thermal storage apparatus contains a heat transfer fluid (102) and a thermal storage medium (101), being immiscible and of differing densities. The thermal storage apparatus comprises a vessel (100) for containing a layer of heat transfer fl... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222497 | Ice maker having fan assembly and fan assembly control method The present invention relates to an ice maker having a fan assembly. The ice maker 30 of the present invention comprises a main body 40 and a fan assembly 60 mounted to the main body 40 by means of resilient mounting hooks. A housing 6... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210299 | Rotary type ice maker and method for making ice using the same Disclosed are a rotary type ice maker and a method for making ice using the same. The rotary type ice maker comprises an ice making mold having ice making cavities in upper and lower sides thereof, respectively, a rotating shaft for supporting the ice making mold so... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210298 | Ice cube maker An ice cube maker has an upper container, a cooling module assembly mounted to the upper container, a lower container, a water flow controller and an ice module assembly. The upper container acts as a reservoir and holds a liquid. The cooling module assembly is atta... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204092 | Ice cube making device for refrigerators An ice-cube making device for use in a refrigerated cabinet is provided. The ice-cube making device is attachable to a freezer liner and thus makes efficient use of the space in the freezer cavity. The ice-cube making device includes a mechanism for extracting ice b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204091 | Maintenance and cleaning for an ice machine An ice-making machine and method of maintaining and cleaning an ice-making machine are provided. The ice-making machine has predictive maintenance and cleaning. Operational conditions of the ice-making machine, such as, for example, water quality, are used to establ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188479 | Ice and water dispenser on refrigerator compartment door An ice and water dispenser for a bottom freezer refrigerator positioned on a refrigerator compartment door. The ice maker and ice cube storage bin can have below 0° C. air provided to maintain the ice maker and ice cube storage bin below 0° C. Supply and return du... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7137261 | Systems and methods for freezing, mixing and thawing biopharmaceutical material A system for controlled freezing, storing and thawing of a biopharmaceutical material includes a cavity for receiving a container for holding the biopharmaceutical material. Further included are at least a pair of opposed surfaces facing the biopharmaceutical materi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131279 | Method and apparatus for producing and dispensing an aerated and/or blended food product A method of dispensing a food product composed of a plurality of ingredients which are mixed to form the food product, includes the steps of providing a rotary surface having a rotary axis and a periphery, mixing together first and second fluid ingredients to form a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127909 | Crushed ice extruder An extrusion head where continuous formation of crushed ice has uniquely shaped externally protruding bosses that break ice into uniformly shaped pieces. The extrusion head has no moving parts and is easily retrofitted onto existing screw-type continuous crushed ice... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7104074 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting and thawing biopharmaceutical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7080518 | Ice maker for refrigerator and method of testing the same The present invention relates to an ice maker for a refrigerator and a method of testing the ice maker, and more particularly, to an ice maker for use in a refrigerator for making and releasing ice and a method of testing the ice maker to determine whether the ice m... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076967 | Refrigerator with icemaker Refrigerator with an icemaker including a cabinet having a mullion wall for compartmentalization of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a case provided to a door on the refrigerating chamber, having a cavity therein, a first duct for supplying cold air f... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065975 | Ice dispenser for refrigerator with bottom mount freezer An ice dispensing system is provided for a refrigerator having a bottom freezer. The system includes an ice maker in the freezer compartment and an ice bucket in the refrigerator compartment. A shuttle carries ice from the ice maker to the bucket through a tube exte... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062925 | Method of operating auger icemaking machine A method of operating an auger ice-making machine having a refrigeration casing, an auger screw rotatably disposed inside the casing and feeding, while scraping, the ice frozen on an inner wall surface of the casing, a stocker for storing/retaining the ice fed, the ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052728 | Method and apparatus for dispensing a product from a rotary surface Apparatus for dispensing a product includes a surface with a rotary axis and a periphery for supporting a layer of material, a motor for rotating the surface, a vertical forming cylinder positioned adjacent to the periphery, the cylinder having a side window opposit... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040962 | Ice blasting apparatus and trimming method for film insert molding An ice blasting apparatus comprises: an ice making device operating a cutting blade to shave off ice freezing on an inner wall of the freezing casing and continuously discharges the shaved ice as flake-shaped ice pellets; an ice mixing tank mixing the ice pellets an... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021066 | Control method for refrigerator Disclosed is a control method for a refrigerator, in which cold air is rapidly supplied to an ice-making unit in a quick ice-making mode, thus shortening an ice-making time. The control method includes the steps of (a) quickly making ice from water by turning on the... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017354 | Quick ice-making control method of ice-maker for refrigerator Disclosed is a quick ice-making control method of an ice-maker for a refrigerator, in which an ejector for extracting obtained ice stirs supplied water to be frozen so as to promote thermal transmission of the water. The quick ice-making control method includes the ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7018670 | Method and apparatus for producing particles of a foodstuff An apparatus for and a method of producing particles of a foodstuff is provided. A liquid form of a sterilized or pasteurized foodstuff is deposited in the form of a film or a strip on a surface of a rotating cooling roller or cooling be1t. The foodstuff is then det... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005151 | Method and apparatus for coating a product There is described an apparatus (1) that may be used for providing ice lollies (2) with a coating from a dipping container (4). The coating mix (3) comprises almond flakes (16) and fluid chocolate (10) which is inserted in a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000407 | Methods and apparatus for controlling refrigerators A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator door has an inner surface. The refrigerator further includes a bin for storing items therein mounted to the inner surface of the refrig... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996995 | Systems and methods for freezing and storing biopharmaceutical material The present invention provides a system for freezing, thawing, and storing biopharmaceutical materials which includes a flexible container, a conduit, and a temperature control unit. The flexible container is adapted to receive a biopharmaceutical material therein f... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979096 | LED lighting for proportion blending system The ice dispenser includes an ice hopper for holding the ice and a lighting system positioned about the ice hopper for illuminating the ice. The lighting system may include a number of light emitting diodes. ... | 12/27/2005 |
