Ice cube evaporator plate assembly
AssigneeHoshizaki America, Inc.
InventorsMilaim Hoti, Tim Perry, Jim Kuo, Kevin Knatt
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an evaporator includes: forming a length of tubing into a serpentine path, the length of tubing forming a tubing coil; forming a first evaporator plate; forming a second evaporator plate; positioning the tubing coil between the first evaporator plate and the second evaporator plate; bringing the first evaporator plate, the second evaporator plate, and the tubing coil into contact with each other; and forming a plurality of dimples in each of the first evaporator plate and the second evaporator plate, thereby at least partially crushing the tubing coil at a position of each of the plurality of dimples, a surface of each of the dimples contacting the tubing coil.
Claims18
A method of manufacturing an evaporator, the method comprising:
- forming a length of tubing into a serpentine path, the length of tubing forming a tubing coil;
- forming a first evaporator plate;
- forming a second evaporator plate;
- positioning the tubing coil between the first evaporator plate and the second evaporator plate;
- bringing the first evaporator plate, the second evaporator plate, and the tubing coil into contact with each other;
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- forming a plurality of dimples in each of the first evaporator plate and the second evaporator plate, wherein forming the plurality of dimples comprises forming a pair of dimples at each of a plurality of ice forming locations, thereby at least partially crushing the tubing coil at each of the plurality of ice forming locations, a surface of each of the dimples contacting the tubing coil, wherein forming the pair of dimples at each of the plurality of ice forming locations comprises forming a first dimple of the pair of dimples above the tubing coil and a second dimple of the pair of dimples below the tubing coil.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.