Refrigeration – Processes – Congealing flowable material – e.g. – ice making
Patent
1988-06-10
1990-02-06
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Processes
Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making
62345, 62353, F25C 504
Patent
active
048980021
ABSTRACT:
A compact, efficient, and economical ice machine is provided which allows rapid production of ice chips. The preferred ice machine includes an elongated, flexible member formed as an endless loop which is rotated through a freezing tube by means of a harvesting pulley. The freezing tube includes an evaporator therearound in order to freeze water in the tube and around the flexible member portion located therein. After an ice column is formed, hot refrigerant gas passes through the evaporator to loosen the ice column from the tube interior whereupon the pulley rotates to withdraw the flexible member portion from the freezing tube and the ice column attached thereto upwardly therefrom. The ice breaking element adjacent the pulley engages the ice column and fractures it into ice chips as the flexible portion passes over the pulley.
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Tapolcai William E.
The Manitowoc Company Inc.
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