Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc.

Manitowoc Foodservice Group, Inc.

Curt R Cayemberg

John Phillip Myers

Mark Paul Giebel

Gregory S McDougal

Dean M Petersen

Steve David Herning

Paula Forseth Dick

Marty J Lafond

Randall J Sohlden

Charles E Schlosser

Lee G Mueller

Richard T Miller

Brian A Ebelt

Raymond Randy Haack

Gregory F Krcma

Michael J Rimrodt

Thomas H Antoine

Philip J Baranowski

Bert Bodnar

William Aalto

John P Meyers

Marty James LaFond

John Meyers

Dean Peterson

A method and apparatus for adjusting and controlling ice bridge slab thickness and/or initiation of ice harvest following a freeze cycle. This adjusting and controlling is performed through the use of adjustable float clip assemblies which set the amount of water available for ice making in a batch process. The adjustable float clip assemblies provide an ice machine user with the ability to easily adjust the ice slab bridge thickness to a single or plurality of settings, and allow for changes in ice bridge slab thickness at the site of installation.

Methods and apparatus for adjusting ice slab bridge thickness and initiate ice harvest following the freeze cycle

A connection assembly is disclosed for an ice maker that includes a base having a rail and a cabinet assembly having a glide. The glide slides onto the rail to removably connect the base and the cabinet assembly while aligning the cabinet assembly vertically and horizontally relative to the base. Preferably, the rail and glide have complementary geometries wherein the base and rail fit together such that the complementary geometries limit the relative vertical and horizontal movement of the rail and the glide to each other. In alternative configurations, the base may have a glide and the cabinet may have a rail. The connection assembly may also include a stop limiting the relative linear movement between the rail and the glide, further assuring proper alignment of the cabinet and the base. The connection assembly may also include a locking mechanism limiting relative linear movement of the base and the cabinet.

Connection assembly for a base and a cabinet assembly of an ice maker

Ice machine interface

Ice machine

An ice barrier and an ice making machine having an ice barrier is provided in some embodiments, wherein the ice barrier is movable between a first orientation in which liquid water from an ice-forming surface is directed into the liquid receptacle, and a second orientation in which the ice barrier blocks access of ice from the ice-forming surface to locations in which ice is trapped between the ice barrier and an adjacent surface. Also, a method of producing ice in an ice making machine is provided in some embodiments, wherein a barrier diverts a flow of liquid water received from the ice-forming surface away from an ice collection bin, and wherein the barrier is moved to an orientation in which the barrier diverts ice toward the ice collection bin and also blocks access of ice to positions trapped between the barrier and an adjacent surface.

Ice making machine and method

Evaporator assembly

Bin liner assembly

The present invention uses a single molded piece of plastic as an evaporator frame. A low durometer gasket material is molded in place on the single molded piece of plastic. The gasket aids in sealing the evaporator frame and the evaporator pan.

Plastic evaporator mount with two step molding

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Manitowoc, WI, United States of America

Curt R Cayemberg