Refrigeration – Automatic control – By congealed removable product condition
Patent
1989-03-13
1989-12-05
Wayner, William E.
Refrigeration
Automatic control
By congealed removable product condition
62177, 62348, F25C 100
Patent
active
048844136
ABSTRACT:
An ice making machine of the type in which an ice mold is refrigerated and water recirculated from a water receiver over the refrigerated ice mold and back to the water receiver during an ice making cycle, to freeze ice forms on the ice mold, and the ice mold is heated and water recirculation stopped during an ice harvest cycle, to release the ice forms from the ice mold. A temperature sensor senses when the water temperature in the receiver initially drops during an ice making cycle to about water freezing temperature and operates a water supply valve to supply additional water to the receiver to prevent the formation of ice slush in the water recirculation system. The amount of water added to the receiver during an ice making cycle is preferably controlled by volume. The amount of water added during the ice making cycle can also be controlled by temperature of the water in the receiver or by timing the addition of water to the receiver.
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Lee Joseph M.
Quandt James A.
Pillote Vernon J.
Specialty Equipment Companies, Inc.
Wayner William E.
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