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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1977

Filed:

Oct. 15, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:

Leopold Loeb, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ; F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62353 ; 62 66 ;
Abstract

A batch type automatic icemaker adapted for installation in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator includes a means for retaining a piece of ice throughout an entire icemaker operating cycle. The retained ice piece is in communication with at least one of the icemaker mold ice-forming cavities and reliably provides a seed ice crystal to initiate freezing of the water in the ice-forming cavities with a minimum of supercooling.


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Loeb, Leopold. (1977). Automatic icemaker including means for minimizing the supercooling effect (U.S. Patent No. 4059970). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4059970

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