Sanitary evaporator assembly
AssigneeTrue Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsKevin Knatt, Edward Hartman
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Abstract
An ice maker evaporator assembly having an evaporator pan with a back wall and left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the back wall, and a freeze plate located within the evaporator pan. Refrigerant tubing is thermally coupled to the back wall of the evaporator pan opposite the left, right, top and bottom sidewalls. A first layer of insulation is formed on the refrigerant tubing. An evaporator housing having a housing back wall and housing left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the housing back wall is attached to the evaporator pan and covers refrigerant tubing. A second layer of insulation is formed on top of the first layer of insulation.
Claims20
An ice maker comprising:
- a freeze plate having a front side and back side, the freeze plate configured to receive water at the front side and to form the water received at the front side into a plurality of pieces of ice;
- refrigerant tubing thermally coupled to the back side of the freeze plate opposite the front side;
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- an evaporator housing attached to the freeze plate and defining an enclosed cavity behind the back side of the freeze plate, the evaporator housing containing the refrigerant tubing inside the enclosed cavity;
- wherein the enclosed cavity is sealed water tight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.