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US 6,145,336 AGranted
Plastic evaporator mount with two step molding
AssigneeManitowoc Foodservice Group, Inc.
InventorsRichard T. Miller, Gregory F. Krcma, Curt R. Cayemberg, Raymond R. Haack, Charles E. Schlosser, Bert Bodnar, William Aalto
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Abstract
The present invention uses a single molded piece of plastic as an evaporator frame. A low durometer gasket material is molded in place on the single molded piece of plastic. The gasket aids in sealing the evaporator frame and the evaporator pan.
Claims16
An evaporator frame system for an ice making machine comprising:
- a) a single piece molded evaporator frame, said evaporator frame having an evaporator pan opening;
- b) a flange located about the periphery of the evaporator pan opening;
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- c) a gasket molded to the flange of the evaporator.
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A method of manufacture of an evaporator frame system comprising the steps of:
- a) molding a single piece evaporator frame having a flange surrounding an evaporator pan opening in the evaporator frame;
- b) molding to the flange of the evaporator frame a gasket having a lip projecting into the evaporator pan opening.
An ice making machine comprising:
- an evaporator frame system, said evaporator frame system including:
- a) a single piece molded evaporator frame, said evaporator frame having an evaporator pan opening;
- b) a flange located about the periphery of the evaporator pan opening;
- and
- c) a gasket molded to the flange of the evaporator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.