Abstract Ice, Inc.

Ashok Kumar Notaney

Todd Stevenson

Andrew James Whalen

Bryce Edmund Peterson

Luke W Clauson

James Anthony Coller

Larry Allen Mercier, Jr

Nathan Ernst

Kristopher Schilling

Matthew Byrnes Newell

Thomas Michael Rector

Jason Bazylewicz

Kayla Curtis

Parth Patel

Methods and devices are described for shaping ingots of ice. The devices may include an apparatus including at least a support frame; a mold for shaping ice ingots, and a positioning means configured to dispose a first surface of a first clamshell part against a first side surface of an elongate ice ingot and a second surface of a second clamshell part against a second side surface of the elongate ice ingot, the first side surface of the elongate ice ingot being opposite the second side surface of the elongate ice ingot, and at least one fluid inlet valve for each of the first clamshell part and the second clamshell part.

Devices for shaping clear ice products and related methods

Methods and devices for planing ice are described that include at least receiving, at a planing apparatus, an elongate ice ingot, feeding the elongate ice ingot at a configurable rate through an opening in a cutterhead assembly of the planing apparatus, and planing, by the cutterhead assembly, a plurality of surfaces of the elongate ice ingot at a predefined depth as the elongate ice ingot is fed linearly through the opening of the cutterhead assembly. The planing may result in a planed ice ingot.

Devices for planing clear ice products and related methods

Methods and devices are described for shaping ingots of ice. Devices may include a support structure, a mold for shaping ice ingots, the mold being mounted to the support structure. The devices may also include a first upper platen assembly disposed above a first lower platen assembly, a first positioning means, and at least one liquid inlet valve for each of the first upper platen assembly and the first lower platen assembly.

A device for producing an elongate ingot of clear ice comprises a housing comprising at least one flume surface wall that defines at least one elongate trough; at least one fluid intake disposed to provide a flow of liquid into the at least one elongate trough; at least one drain disposed to drain liquid from at least one elongate trough; wherein the at least a portion of the at least one flume surface wall is in thermal communication with a cooling source; and wherein the at least one fluid intake and the at least one drain are adapted to provide a substantially constant flow of fluid to the at least one elongate trough during a freezing operation of the device. The cooling source can be an internal cooling cavity.

Devices for producing clear ice products and related methods

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Ashok Kumar Notaney