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Ice builder and control system therefor

US4840033A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 1988
Grant dateJun 20, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D21/02
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ice builder coil has two or more coil sections, one above the other, supplied with refrigerant from a low pressure receiver, each coil section having an individual vapor return line to the low pressure receiver, the flow through the lower coil section being controlled by an ice thickness sensor associated with the lower coil section.

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