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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gregory S McDougal, Two Rivers, WI (US);
Assignee:
The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62233 ; 62347 ;
Abstract
An ice machine control having a dump valve in the water circulation system for diverting water from the mold so that the system is cleared of unwanted water at the start of an ice making cycle, while the ice mold is allowed to cool to well below freezing before water begins to circulate over the mold.