Ice machine and method for control thereof
US6581392B1 · kind B1 · utility
12Cited by
6References
10Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25C2600/04
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ice machine and method for control thereof. The method has various features including control of upload/download of software and data, control of ice cube detection of falling pieces as well as a bin full condition, logging of machine cycle counts, electrical load run times, error codes linked to accumulated run time of the ice machine, of program style and display of error codes and verification of program styles.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.