Kit to increase refrigerator ice product
OwnerDennis J. Paskeyinventor
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Abstract
A kit which retroactively fits an ice-maker to increase the rate of production of ice. The kit comprises a bracket, a fan and fan motor, and a power source for the fan motor. The fan motor and fan is positioned above the ice maker within the freezer compartment and blows air downward, directly over the ice production tray which contains water. The circulation of a stream of cold air causes the temperature in the vicinity of the water to drop more rapidly than it would without the fan-produced circulation of cold air. Also, cooling is hastened by the induced evaporation of the water by the cold air stream. When the water is frozen, the ice maker ejects the ice into an ice container. The bracket provides support for the fan motor, which is secured to the bracket with four machine screws.
Claims18
A kit to accelerate refrigerator ice-maker ice production comprising:
- a bracket having a horizontal wall having a grill;
- a fan;
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- a power source for driving said fan;
- said bracket being so configured as to mount to a refrigerator wall in the vicinity of an ice-making machine having an exposed, horizontally disposed ice freezing tray;
- said fan being vertically oriented so as to move cold air downward and being mounted on said bracket so as to align with said grill so as to allow cold air to move through said grill;
- said bracket being so located relative to said ice-making machine that cold air from said fan is directed downwardly directly toward said exposed ice freezing tray;
- whereby water introduced into said ice freezing tray is exposed to the direct flow of downward directed cold air from said fan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.