Ice block making and storage system

Details Ice block making and storage system Ice block making and storage system

1984-11-23

1986-07-22

Tapolcai, William E.

Refrigeration

Processes

Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making

62356, F25C 104

Patent

active

046011749

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for the home freezing of water in relatively large blocks for subsequent use in insulated portable ice chests for maintaining the contents cool over a period of days is disclosed and includes a plurality of support racks of truncated pyramidal configuration having open rectangular tops and bottoms and trapezoidal side walls of an open mesh configuration along with a like plurality of relatively flat floor panels each having a groove for receiving an upper edge of a subadjacent rack and a groove for receiving an edge of a superior rack so that a plurality of flexible open-topped containers may be stacked in a column in a freezer on successive floor panels with each floor panel supported by a corresponding rack to allow free air circulation around the containers to faciliate cooling as well as supporting and storing the water and the subsequent blocks of ice.

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