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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Abstract Ice, Inc., Novato, CA (US);
Ashok Kumar Notaney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Todd Stevenson, Novato, CA (US);
Andrew Whalen, Windsor, CA (US);
Larry Allen Mercier, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nathan Ernst, Dexter, MI (US);
Kristopher Schilling, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Anthony Coller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jason Bazylewicz, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Parth Patel, Lambertville, MI (US);
Bryce Edmund Peterson, Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract Ice, Inc., Novato, CA (US);
Abstract
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.