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US 4,959,966 AGranted
Ice forming apparatus
AssigneesBerge A. Dimijian, Beverly Rodeo Development Corporation
InventorBerge A. Dimijian
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Abstract
Ice making apparatus includes surfaces on which ice pieces form when water is sprayed on those surfaces, a water reservoir and a pump to pump water from the reservoir for spraying onto those surfaces, and a pressure sensitive control which responds to pressure of water in the reservoir, communicated via an air duct to a pressure switch, to control operation of the pump, the switch being adjustable to adjust the sizes of ice pieces formed on the surfaces.
Claims6
In ice-making apparatus, the combination comprising:
- (a) first means subject to cooling and heating, and having surface means on which ice is to be formed when said surface means is cooled, and from which ice pieces separate when said surface means is heated,
- (b) second means including a pump to supply water to said surface means for formation of said ice pieces thereon, said second means including water reservoir means form which the pump takes suction,
- (c) and control means responsive to changes in the water level in said reservoir means for effecting control of the sized of the ice pieces formed on said surface means.
In ice-making apparatus, the combination comprising:
- (a) first means subject to cooling and heating, and having surface means on which ice is to be formed when said surface means is cooled, and from which ice pieces separate when said surface means is heated,
- (b) second means to supply water to said surface means for formation of said ice pieces thereon, said second means including water reservoir means,
- (c) and control means responsive to the water level in said reservoir means for effecting control of the sizes of the ice pieces formed on said surface means,
- (d) and including a cluster of ducts extending upwardly above the water in the reservoir means to drain water falling from said surface means into the water in the reservoir, the tops of said ducts forming an incline onto which the ice pieces fall to be deflected away from the water reservoir means for collection.
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