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WO2008076347A3
WO2008076347A3 PCT/US2007/025582 US2007025582W WO2008076347A3 WO 2008076347 A3 WO2008076347 A3 WO 2008076347A3 US 2007025582 W US2007025582 W US 2007025582W WO 2008076347 A3 WO2008076347 A3 WO 2008076347A3
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control system
evaporator
ice machine
machine evaporator
ice
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WO2008076347A2 (en
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John Allen Broadbent
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Mile High Equipment LLC
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Mile High Equipment LLC
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C1/00—Producing ice
    • F25C1/12—Producing ice by freezing water on cooled surfaces, e.g. to form slabs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B39/00—Evaporators; Condensers
    • F25B39/02—Evaporators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2600/00—Control issues
    • F25C2600/04—Control means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C2700/00—Sensing or detecting of parameters; Sensors therefor
    • F25C2700/04—Level of water
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25C—PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE
    • F25C5/00—Working or handling ice
    • F25C5/02—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice
    • F25C5/04—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws
    • F25C5/08—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by heating bodies in contact with the ice
    • F25C5/10—Apparatus for disintegrating, removing or harvesting ice without the use of saws by heating bodies in contact with the ice using hot refrigerant; using fluid heated by refrigerant

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Production, Working, Storing, Or Distribution Of Ice (AREA)

Abstract

An apparatus and method for forming ice inside a helical refrigerated tube and harvesting the ice by warming the tube is provided. The device uses water pressure to push the ice out of the evaporator. At least a portion of the body of the evaporator is formed by extrusion. The evaporator can be made from aluminum.
PCT/US2007/025582 2006-12-13 2007-12-13 Ice machine evaporator and control system Ceased WO2008076347A2 (en)

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US87462506P 2006-12-13 2006-12-13
US60/874,625 2006-12-13

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WO2008076347A2 WO2008076347A2 (en) 2008-06-26
WO2008076347A3 true WO2008076347A3 (en) 2008-10-02

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US20050044875A1 (en) * 2003-08-29 2005-03-03 Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc. Low-volume ice making machine

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3228202A (en) * 1962-09-06 1966-01-11 Cornelius Co Method and means for making cracked ice and the like
US5193357A (en) * 1990-06-07 1993-03-16 The Manitowoc Company, Inc. Ice machine with improved evaporator/ice forming assembly
US5606869A (en) * 1996-04-08 1997-03-04 Joo; Sung I. Cylindrical ice cube maker
US20020157406A1 (en) * 2000-08-16 2002-10-31 Billman Gregory M. Ice maker harvest control and method
US20050044875A1 (en) * 2003-08-29 2005-03-03 Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc. Low-volume ice making machine

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