Appliance for making and collecting ice having varied characteristics

An apparatus for making ice, the apparatus comprising:

• a waterfall evaporator including:
• a water outlet for liquid water;
• a plurality of wells disposed such that liquid water flows from the water outlet across the plurality of wells;
• a cooling line configured to remove heat from the plurality of wells;
• a plurality of molds for forming ice of a defined geometry, each of the plurality of molds including a first mold portion and a second mold portion which, when assembled, form a chamber having the defined geometry, the first mold portion of each of the plurality of molds disposed in a respective well of the plurality of wells, the second mold portion of each of the plurality of molds opposing the first mold portion, wherein the second mold portion of each of the plurality of molds is configured to move relative to the first mold portion such that the plurality of molds have an open position and a closed position, in the open position water can flow over the plurality of wells and freeze into a geometry defined by the first mold portion, in the closed position, ice formed on the first mold portion is pressed by the second mold portion to form ice of the defined geometry.

An apparatus for making ice, the appliance comprising:

• an auger evaporator including:
• a housing configured to hold water therein, the housing having one or more apertures on a first end thereof;
• a cooling line disposed around the housing to remove heat from the housing;
• an auger disposed in the housing;
• a motor configured to rotate the auger relative to the housing, wherein the auger, when rotated by the motor, moves water toward the first end of the housing, wherein the water freezes as it moves towards the first end and is extruded out of the one or more apertures in the first end;
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• a cutter disposed on the first end of the housing and configured to move across the one or more apertures to cut off ice extruded through the one or more apertures to form discrete pieces of ice;
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• a motor configured to move the cutter across the one or more apertures;
• a controller configured to control the auger evaporator to:
• make first ice during a first time period;
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• make second ice during a second time period, wherein the second ice is different in at least one characteristic from the first ice.