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US 9,316,426 B2Granted
Articulated curtains for ice making machines
AssigneeScotsman Group, Inc.
InventorJay Martin Almblad
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Abstract
Articulated water curtains for ice making machines include two portions, an upper portion hingedly connected to the upper portion of the machine, and a lower portion that includes a bottom edge of the two-piece water curtain and that is pivotally-mounted to a lower portion of the machine or to the lower portion of the water curtain.
Claims7
An ice-making machine, comprising:
- an evaporator aligned in a generally vertical orientation, said evaporator comprising an ice-forming surface;
- a distributor at a top end of said evaporator, said distributor for distributing water over said ice-forming surface;
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- a two-piece water curtain aligned in a generally vertical orientation, and located adjacent to and parallel to said evaporator, said two-piece water curtain comprising a first portion and a second portion, each being made of a single piece, solid structure to prevent water from passing through said solid structure of each of said first portion and said second portion, wherein said second portion is pivotally connected to said first portion, each of said first portion and said second portion having a top end and a bottom end;
- wherein said top end of said first portion is pivotally connected to a top end of the ice-making machine, and said top end of said second portion is pivotally connected to said bottom end of said first portion.
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