Refrigeration – Processes – Congealing flowable material – e.g. – ice making
Patent
1988-07-27
1989-08-01
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Processes
Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making
62353, F25C 118
Patent
active
048523593
ABSTRACT:
An ice-maker for use in a freezer compartment and a process of making clear ice cubes are disclosed. The ice-maker includes an ice-forming tray supported on a carrier body. The carrier body has a housing with an air-circulating fan directing a flow of air toward the tray during the ice-making process. The apparatus also includes means for moving the ice-forming tray during the ice-making process, to allow gases to escape so that substantially clear ice cubes are formed. In the process of the invention, the ice-maker is placed in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator. An ice-forming tray is placed on the carrier body. Cold air from the freezer compartment is blown across the tray during the ice-making process. The ice-forming tray is moved during the ice-making process to allow entrapped gases in the water to escape. With or without the air-circulating fan, the apparatus and process may cause the carrier body to move in at least two different axis. The apparatus and process may be fully automatic, with an automatic ice cube harvesting cycle in which the ice-forming tray is twisted to release the ice cubes from the tray and rotated through a predetermined arc to drop the ice cubes out of the tray.
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