Refrigeration – Means producing shaped or modified congealed product – Heat absorber with product remover
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2006-01-31
Tapolcai, William E. (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Means producing shaped or modified congealed product
Heat absorber with product remover
C062S506000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06990827
ABSTRACT:
An ice maker for marine vessels having an evaporator assembly within which ice is formed for delivery to remote locations. An air and water cooled condensing unit delivers refrigeration fluid to the evaporator assembly and ice formed therein is driven by an auger into a distribution chamber defined by a distribution cap member located above the auger. Ice entering the distribution chamber passes through a comminution ring which breaks the ice up into smaller particles and the ice is then directed radially by a slanted wall into the blades of an impeller member which rotates about the same axis as the auger and which drives the ice particles into a discharge opening formed in the ice distribution cap. The evaporator assembly and the condensing unit are mounted separately so that the evaporator assembly may be located to reduce the path through which the ice must travel to reach its ultimate destination.
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