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US 11,441,831 B2Granted
Ice maker for optimized water flow
AssigneeOxen, Inc.
InventorReijiro Inamori
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Abstract
An ice making system and method that includes an ice formation cell, an ejector, a panel, and an evaporator tube. The ice formation cell has a first wall and a second wall. The evaporator tube that comprises a first portion and a second portion. The panel is situated between the first portion and the second portion of the evaporator tube. The ejector is situated between the first wall and the second wall, the ejector being configured to remove an ice piece from the first portion or the second portion of the evaporator tube.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- an ice formation tray comprising a first side and a second side, the ice formation tray comprises an ice formation cell that is defined at least in part by a first wall and a second wall of the ice formation cell;
- an ejector that is situated between the first wall and the second wall;
- an evaporator tube that extends through the first wall and the second wall, wherein the evaporator tube comprising a first portion and a second portion;
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- a flat panel that is situated between the first wall and the second wall, wherein the ejector and the flat panel are adjacent to at least one of the first portion of the evaporator tube or the second portion of the evaporator tube, the flat panel comprising a concave surface at a top end for facilitating a placement and a retention of the first portion of the evaporator tube or the second portion of the evaporator tube at the top end of the flat panel, the concave surface extending from the top end of the flat panel to an adjacent flat panel in an adjacent ice formation cell.
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A system, comprising:
- an ice formation cell that includes a first wall and a second wall;
- an evaporator tube that comprises a first portion and a second portion;
- a flat panel that is between the first portion and the second portion of the evaporator tube, the flat panel comprising a concave surface at a top end for facilitating a placement and a retention of the first portion of the evaporator tube or the second portion of the evaporator tube at the top end of the flat panel;
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- an ejector between the first wall and the second wall, the ejector being configured to remove an ice piece from the first portion of the evaporator tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.