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Ice machine water distribution and cleaning system and method

US6311501A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 9, 2000
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25C2400/14
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ice making machine having a water distribution and cleaning system which supplies an evaporator plate assembly with all of the water required during ice making operations and provides all of a cleaning solution to cascade down interior and exterior surfaces of the evaporator plate assembly during a cleaning operation.

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