Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.

Brad A Blaha

Douglas J Carpiaux

William E Olson, Jr

Marty J Lafond

Dale S DiIulio

John T Sara, Iii

Meghan M McGuire

Howard G Funk

Cary A Stewart

Ice machine

An ice machine includes a water curtain configured to minimize the flow of water into an ice bin underneath the ice machine. The water curtain is positioned adjacent to the front surface of an ice-forming mold and includes a body having a wide section and a narrow section. The wide section has hinge members therein so that the water curtain can swing away from the ice-forming mold during ice harvesting. The water curtain has a tongue at the bottom of the narrow section that is turned toward the ice-forming mold. Sidewalls of the water curtain extend toward the ice-forming mold. The sidewalls have indentations such that the narrow section is spaced inward from machine frame members adjacent to the sidewall when the water curtain is in a rest position.

Ice-making machine with contoured water curtain

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Two Rivers, WI, United States of America

Brad A Blaha