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7621139 Supercooling apparatus and control method thereof  
A supercooling apparatus and a control method thereof. The method controls the supercooling apparatus having a storage compartment defined therein, and includes confirming beverages in the storage...
7617693 Water purifying system and apparatus for simultaneously making ice and cold water using one evaporator  
Disclosed herein are water purifying system and apparatus for simultaneously making ice and cold water using one evaporator, which can make cold water in various forms only by changing the system...
7568359 Insulated ice compartment for bottom mount refrigerator with controlled heater  
A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the...
7567420 Electrostatically atomizing device  
An electrostatically atomizing device includes an emitter electrode, an opposed electrode opposed to the emitter electrode, and a cooling means which condenses the water on the emitter electrode...
7555909 Method of fully freezing ice and refrigerator using the same  
A method of fully freezing ice in a refrigerator. The method includes setting a full-frozen temperature for determining whether ice is fully frozen, and a reference ambient temperature for...
7487645 Automatic icemaker  
An automatic icemaker according to the invention can be disposed in one part of a freezer and automatically make ice pieces, and is provided with temperature distribution forming means which forms...
7469548 Ice making apparatus  
An ice making apparatus is provided in which a refrigeration cycle is used to produce ice inside an evaporator that is generally horizontally disposed, with a hollow auger being provided with a...
7401470 Water supply control apparatus for ice maker and method thereof  
There is provided a water supply control apparatus for an ice maker and method thereof. In the apparatus and method, an ejector pushes out ice, a sensor detecting portion is formed on the ejector,...
7296425 Sensor assembly for detecting ice crystal formation on heat exchange surface and ice-making machine incorporating the same  
A sensor assembly for detecting ice crystal formation on a heat exchange surface in an ice-making machine comprises at least one microphone monitoring the sound made by a rotating blade assembly...
7266957 Refrigerator with tilted icemaker  
An improved icemaker is provided for a refrigerator. The improvements include tilting the ice mold to assure that the ice cavity nearest the thermostat is filled with water; controlling air flow to...
7188479 Ice and water dispenser on refrigerator compartment door  
An ice and water dispenser for a bottom freezer refrigerator positioned on a refrigerator compartment door. The ice maker and ice cube storage bin can have below 0° C. air provided to maintain the...
6938428 Ice tray driving device, and automatic ice making machine using the same  
An ice tray driving device has a mesh start section. The mesh start section includes a raised tooth formed by projecting at least one tooth of each of two output gears in the tooth width direction,...
6901764 Ice-making apparatus in refrigerator  
A refrigerator ice-making apparatus that prevents or reduces interference between a water supply pipe and an ice-making vessel. The rotational axis of a motor driven ice-making vessel is controlled...
6895767 Refrigerator and ice maker methods and apparatus  
An ice maker includes a mold including at least one cavity for containing water therein for freezing into ice, a water supply including at least one valve for controlling water flow into the mold,...
6827529 Vacuum pneumatic system for conveyance of ice  
Vacuum pneumatic conveying apparatus and method are described to provide for a simple, economical, convenient (and preferably automatic) system for conveying ice on an as-required basis from a...
6640565 Ice maker with improved harvest detection and thermal efficiency  
An ice maker includes a mold having at least one cavity configured for containing water therein for freezing into ice. An auger extends substantially vertically through the at least one mold...
6612118 Ice maker control  
The ice maker herein works in the conventional manner wherein a refrigeration system provides for cooling of the evaporator. Water is first circulated over the evaporator as the evaporator is...
6609384 Dynamic type ice cold storage method  
It is intended to provide a dynamic type ice cold storage method and system capable of efficiently suppressing, by an appropriate replenishment of water, an increase in concentration of an aqueous...
6581393 Ice making system, method, and component apparatus  
An ice making machine controller system includes methods and components for making commercial quantities of ice pieces includes adaptive controls responsive to input sensors, output actuators,...
6574974 Icemaker electronic control methods and apparatus  
An electronic controller for an automatic icemaker includes a thermistor coupled to an icemaker mold, a first transducer coupled to a rake, a second transducer coupled to a feeler arm, and a...
6526763 Ice maker and method of making ice  
A method of making ice in an automatic ice maker includes the steps of: providing a mold including one cavity; filling the at least one mold cavity at least partially with water; providing an ice...
6453683 Tapered slot cryopreservation system with controlled dendritic freezing front velocity  
A biopharmaceutical material cryopreservation system, including a flexible sterile container comprising a biocompatible polymeric material, and the flexible sterile container containing...
6334318 Automatic ice making apparatus  
An automatic ice making apparatus having a sensor which can detect continuously a temperature of an ice making tray is used as a temperature sensor. The temperature and a temperature variation rate...
6216469 Device and process for chilling goods  
Devices and methods for rapid chilling of products, articles and devices, including both perishable and non-perishable goods are provided. These devices and methods store thermal energy by ice...
6148621 Domestic clear ice maker  
An ice maker in which a non-metallic shroud surrounds the metal evaporator plate and has a continuous bulbous edge that engulfs the edges of the plate. The shroud further includes a roof disposed...
6148620 Ice making device and method of controlling the same  
An automatic ice making machine 1 includes an ice tray 2 for making ice cubes, ice separating means 5 for separating ice cubes from the ice tray 2 by turning the ice tray 2, and an ice storage...
6109043 Low profile ice maker  
The present invention comprises a low height ice maker designed primarily for use in under counter applications. An ice retaining bin includes a top end opening covered in part by a top panel and...
6058720 Automatic ice making apparatus for use in a refrigerator  
A reverse condition sensing mechanism incorporating in an ice making apparatus for use in a refrigerator includes a movable lever mounted on an output shaft to be rotated therewith and a fixing...
5894734 Water-circulating type ice maker  
A water-circulating type ice maker of the present invention comprises a refrigerating capacity detecting means for detecting the refrigerating capacity of the ice maker at a set temperature, which...
5884487 Thermoelectric water chiller with ice block  
A thermoelectric water chiller system for cooling fluids, and including a cold sink which defines quiescent areas where convection currents are minimized to facilitate ice formation around the cold...
5878583 Ice making machine and control method therefore  
An ice making machine comprises a refrigerant system having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, an evaporator and interconnecting refrigerant lines; a water system having a fresh water...
5829257 Methods and systems for harvesting ice in an ice making apparatus  
A first method of harvesting ice in an ice making apparatus comprises steps of initiating a harvest operation, monitoring a parameter of the harvest operation, and terminating the harvest operation...
5778686 Method of controlling an operation of an automatic ice maker in a refrigerator  
Disclosed is a method of controlling an operation for determining an optimum ice removing period based on the present temperature in a freezing compartment and the present temperature in an ice...
5769541 Temperature sensor for an ice maker  
An automatic ice-making mechanism for a refrigerator includes a tray having a groove on its bottom surface. A temperature sensor is mounted in the groove. The temperature sensor includes a...
5737932 Refrigerator having controller for supplying water from a reservoir to either an ice maker or an outside dispenser  
A refrigerator includes an automatic ice maker and a dispenser for dispensing water to the outside of the refrigerator. The ice maker and dispenser are supplied with water from a common reservoir...
5551240 Method and apparatus for maintaining temperature control of sterile fluid  
Sterile surgical fluid is maintained at substantially its freezing temperature to prevent both melting and formation of solid ice pieces in surgical slush and to provide a supply of near freezing...
5527470 Water quality monitoring and control system for an ice maker  
A method for monitoring and controlling water quality in a water phase changing device, such as an ice maker, having a water inlet, a water outlet, a reservoir configured for retaining a supply of...
5501081 Auger type ice making machine  
An auger type ice making machine having an upright evaporator housing the interior of which is formed with a cylindrical freezing surface, an auger mounted for rotary movement within the evaporator...
5471854 Accumulator for an air conditioning system  
An accumulator for use in an automobile, has an inner housing located within an outer housing. The inner housing has a channel formed therein, such that a fluid-tight flow path which goes down one...
5402644 Method for maintaining sterile slush  
Sterile surgical slush is maintained at substantially its freezing temperature to prevent both melting and formation of solid ice pieces. The slush is initially formed in a refrigeration mode...
5400614 Frozen dessert apparatus  
Equipment and a process for volumetric filling of novelties with soft frozen desserts is disclosed.
5297394 Clear cube ice maker  
An ice maker for use in a domestic refrigerator makes clear ice bodies. The ice maker comprises a support arranged to have an ice body formed thereon. The support is refrigerated to a...
5291747 Electric control apparatus for ice making machine  
An electric control apparatus for an ice making machine includes an initial water supply cycle control device for opening a water valve for a predetermined time, and a water level sensor mounted...
5237829 Ice-making machine having thermal relay  
An ice-making machine has a thermal relay in which resilient mounting arms are formed at both sides of the thermal relay. A concave portion for receiving the thermal relay and grooves for receiving...
5201861 Apparatus for the preparation of ice cream, milkshakes, sorbets, frozen desserts, and the like, in each case from a pumpable starting mixture  
An apparatus for the preparation of ice cream, milkshakes, sorbets, frozen desserts and the like, in each case from a pumpable starting mixture, comprises a storage container (1) for the starting...
RE34174 Ice maker with thermal protection  
An ice maker for use in freezing compartments of refrigerators and freezers provides a thermal cut-out or fuse to prevent damage in the event of overtemperature conditions. The thermal fuse is...
5170344 Programmable electronic control system for machines for the production of pasty foodstuffs, especially machines for making ice-cream  
The control system comprises at least one common hardware section (1) for all anticipated applications, consisting essentially of a control keyboard card (2), a display card (3) and a logic card...
5163300 Temperature-responsive controller for regulating ice production in a refrigerator unit  
An automatic ice maker in an ice making compartment of a refrigerator includes an ice tray placed in the ice making compartment, a temperature sensing element for sensing the temperture of the ice...
5127236 System and apparatus for the manufacture of clear ice pieces and control system therefor  
A coolant circuit, for example of a refrigerator or freezer unit, includes a coolant source at a very low temperature. A finger-type chilling member is thermoconductively connected to the coolant...
5090210 Control system for ice making apparatuses  
An ice making apparatus includes a refrigeration means having ice making chambers and repeats ice making cycles that involve refrigeration processes to freeze water supplied in the ice making...
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