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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles E Schlosser, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Lee G Mueller, Kewaunee, WI (US);
Gregory McDougal, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
The Manitowoc Company, Inc., Manitowoc, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 78 ; 62303 ;
Abstract
An automatic self-cleaning self-sterilizing ice making machine is having a coolant/refrigerant system, a water-ice system, a cleaning/sterilizing system and a microprocessor operated control system interconnecting the above systems. Methods for automatically cleaning ice maker water-ice systems and establishing safeguards and monitoring of system readiness and operation are also provided.