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US 4,375,756 AGranted
Ice cube machine
AssigneeKing-Seeley Thermos Co.
InventorEmanuele Lanzani
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Abstract
An ice cube making machine comprising a plurality of inverted ice forming cups disposed above a water spraying mechanism characterized as having at least two semispherical enclosures to which water is supplied by a pump and is therein caused to circulate in a circular fashion to produce the desired water spray, and also comprising an improved arrangement for ensuring the detachment of the cubes during the "harvest" portion of the cycle.
Claims2
A machine for forming ice cubes comprising,
- a plurality of liquid receiving cups, means for refrigerating the same to freeze a portion of water received therein,
- a first member having a surface for receiving cubes upon release from said cups,
- a second member defining a sump for excess water drained from said cups,
- spray mechanism comprising, an outer chamber member having a dome-like inner surface and an exit passage leading therefrom toward said cups formed on and integral with said first member, said spray mechanism further comprising an inner chamber member having a dome-like outer surface projecting into said outer chamber member and formed on and integral with said second member,
- and means for delivering water to said chamber and causing the same to exit from said passage toward said cups.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.