Refrigeration – Means producing shaped or modified congealed product – Thawing means
Patent
1999-04-26
2000-10-24
Tapolcal, William E.
Refrigeration
Means producing shaped or modified congealed product
Thawing means
F25C 112
Patent
active
061349070
ABSTRACT:
A remote ice-making machine is disclosed having a compressor unit remote from an evaporator unit, a supply line for transferring refrigerant from the compressor unit to the remote evaporator unit, and a return line for returning refrigerant from the evaporator unit to the compressor unit during an ice-making mode. The preferred evaporator unit has an ice-forming evaporator and a heating unit, as well as a valve for controlling the flow of refrigerant into the evaporator unit. A method for making ice with the remote ice-making unit is also disclosed.
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Funk Howard G.
Kraus Timothy J.
Kutchera Steven P.
McDougal Gregory
Mueller Lee G.
Manitowoc Foodservice Group Inc.
Shurtz Steven P.
Tapolcal William E.
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