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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2025
Abstract Ice, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Ashok Kumar Notaney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Todd Stevenson, Novato, CA (US);
Larry Allen Mercier, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Anthony Coller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Andrew James Whalen, Windsor, CA (US);
Kayla Curtis, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Abstract Ice, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Abstract
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.