Ice making apparatus

Refrigeration – With comminutor or cutter

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62347, 62348, 62352, F25C 502, F25C 510

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041921518

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method for making ice are disclosed wherein ice forms on two sides of a plurality of freezing plates which are vertically arranged within a housing. A water distribution chamber positioned immediately above the freezing plates includes a plurality of inverted "V" shaped ridges in a bottom portion thereof. Each ridge corresponds to one of the plurality of freezing plates and includes a series of orifices arranged to direct water onto each side of the corresponding freezing plate. At the bottom of each freezing plate is a plastic strip which prevents ice slabs from the two sides of the plate from joining together at the bottom. Beneath the ice plates is a rotating sizer which fractures the ice slabs from the plates into pieces having a predetermined maximum size. The pieces fall through the sizer onto a screw conveyor which cooperates with a perforated lower housing to remove small undesirable ice pieces from the fractured ice. The small ice pieces pass through the lower housing into a collection tank connected to the water distribution chamber by a pump and are effective to precool the water.
A refrigerating and defrosting system having a compressor and a condenser is connected to the freezing plates by a conduit system. The ice slabs are formed during a refrigeration portion of the operating cycle, cold refrigerant fluid flows through a passageway within each freezing plate. During a defrosting portion of the operating cycle, hot refrigerant fluid is supplied directly by the compressor to the freezing plates. A suction line solenoid valve is provided for the freezing plates to interrupt the flow of hot refrigerant fluid during the defrosting portion and to increase the pressure and temperature of the hot refrigerant fluid to enhance loosening of the ice slabs.

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