Ice making apparatus and process of reducing scale buildup and flushing the apparatus
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Dec 20, 2016
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Jan 7, 2016
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Jul 2, 2014
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Jul 2, 2014
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Abstract
An ice making apparatus is provided for making ice of the nugget-forming type from ice shavings that are compacted, wherein inlet water is provided to a freezing chamber having a rotatable auger therein, for flow of the inlet water and water squeezed from ice leaving the freezing chamber at the discharge end thereof along the auger, for flow of water through the freezing chamber, to a water reservoir at an opposite end of the freezing chamber, whereby ice flow through the freezing chamber is in one direction, and water flow through the freezing chamber is in an opposite direction. Dissolved minerals are thereby substantially removed from the ice being discharged from the freezing chamber, and are conveyed from a zone of lesser water volume to a zone of higher water volume where they are more substantially dispersed. Water is flushed from the freezing chamber, by dispensing water containing dissolved minerals from a reservoir of greater volume than the volume of water at the water inlet end of the freezing chamber.
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- F25C Class
- 99 Applications Filed
- 78 Patents Issued To-Date
- 78.79 % Issued To-Date
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- 2 Citation Count
- F25C Class
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