Ice-making machine
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsAnderson Bortoletto, Vanessa Christina Ribeiro, Fernando Luiz Freitas Filho, Rogério Soares Brisola, Felipe Cristiano
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Abstract
The present invention refers to an ice-making machine provided with an ice formation reservoir (2), an auxiliary tank (6) and an ice storage region (5). Inner part of reservoir (2) is provided with a transport element (16), a shovel (4) with angular movement and a finger-type evaporator (3) forming ice pieces. During ice manufacturing process, shovel (4) moves periodically at low frequencies so as to attract impurity particles and water salts, leaving them far from ice piece formation regions. Through the machine of the present invention, impurity-free ice pieces are produced.
Claims20
An ice-making machine (1) comprising:
- an auxiliary tank (6) for storage of a water volume;
- an ice formation reservoir (2), comprising at least one evaporator (3) associated to a machine cooling system;
- an auxiliary tank (6) provided of means to transport water to reservoir (2);
- at least one region (5) for deposit of ice pieces produced in the reservoir (2),
- characterized in that the reservoir (2) further comprises at least one shovel (4) which moves angularly to agitate water inside reservoir (2) during ice production process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.