Tray for forming frozen solids
OwnerRobert Winston Saeksinventor
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Abstract
A tray for forming frozen solids such as ice cubes is described. The tray includes a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a base, sidewalls, and a top edge. An overflow notch including an aperture is located in the top edge of each cavity. The overflow notch is of a sufficient depth such that when the tray is filled with liquid up to the level of the overflow notch, and then placed in a freezer to form cubes of frozen solids, connections of frozen solid are not formed between the cubes, even if the liquid expands when it freezes.
Claims18
A tray for forming frozen solids, comprising:
- a first cavity and a second cavity, each cavity having a base;
- a partition located between the first cavity and the second cavity, the partition comprising a pair of sidewalls and a top edge;
- an overflow notch located in the partition and extending from the top edge down the pair of sidewalls, said overflow notch comprising an aperture adapted to allow liquid to exit the tray through the aperture;
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- a depression located in the top edge, wherein a depth of the overflow notch is greater than a depth of the depression.
A tray for forming frozen solids, comprising:
- a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a base;
- a partition located between two adjacent cavities of the plurality of cavities, the partition comprising a pair of sidewalls and a top edge;
- an overflow notch located in the partition and extending from the top edge down the pair of sidewalls, said overflow notch comprising an aperture adapted to allow liquid to exit the tray through the aperture;
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- a depression located in the top edge, wherein a depth of the overflow notch is greater than a depth of the depression.
A method of forming frozen solids, comprising:
- providing a tray comprising:
- a first cavity and a second cavity, each cavity having a base;
- a partition located between the first cavity and the second cavity, the partition comprising a pair of sidewalls and a top edge;
- an overflow notch located in the partition and extending from the top edge down the pair of sidewalls, said overflow notch comprising an aperture adapted to allow liquid to exit the tray through the aperture;
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- a depression located in the top edge, wherein a depth of the overflow notch is greater than a depth of the depression;
- pouring liquid into the tray until each cavity contains liquid up to the level of the aperture of the overflow notch;
- placing the tray in a freezer;
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- removing the tray from the freezer when the liquid in each cavity has frozen, such that each cavity contains a frozen solid,
- wherein the frozen solid in each cavity extends from the base of the cavity to a level at or below a highest level of the top edge of the partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.