Non-heated ice harvesting

The ice-forming stack of claim 113, wherein said ice-making system further comprises an ice-harvesting stack, comprising:

• (i) a frame disposed such that a perimeter rearward face thereof is in opposed facing relation with said ice-forming surface, wherein said frame is movable axially in the forward and rearward directions relative to said ice-forming surface;
• and
• (ii) an inflatable peripheral seal disposed between said rearward face of said frame and said ice-forming surface,
• wherein, when at a rearward position thereof, said frame, said inflatable peripheral seal and said ice-forming surface create a mold for forming said ice block therein.

An ice-forming method comprising:

• providing an ice-forming stack, comprising:
• an ice-making portion comprising an evaporator having a forward face,
• an elastomeric pad disposed over said forward face,
• a thin planar sheet disposed over a forward surface of said elastomeric pad, and
• a polymeric film disposed over a forward surface of said sheet, wherein a forward surface of said polymeric film defines an ice-forming surface for forming an ice block thereon,
• wherein said ice-forming surface comprises one or more openings configured to release pressurized fluid between said ice-forming surface and said ice block formed thereon;
• chilling said ice-making portion, which causes said ice-froing surface to chill;
• circulating water over said ice-forming surface, thereby forming said ice block thereon;
• and
• releasing said pressurized fluid between said ice-forming surface and said ice block formed thereon.