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Ice maker

US10415866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

BERND BRABENEC · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Adolf Feinauer · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
Karl-Friedrich Laible · Langenau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 2015
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25C2400/10
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an ice maker with a tray having at least one water-receiving cavity, a wall of the cavity contains a phase change material. If an ice maker of this kind is pre-cooled, so that the phase change material is solid, a great deal of heat can be removed from water poured into the cavities in a short time by the heat causing the phase change material to melt.

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