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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry E Wilson, Marion, IN (US);
Craig R Knotts, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62138 ; 62139 ;
Abstract
An ice making machine detects when to harvest the ice being formed on an ice forming plate. A circuit analyzes the response of a capacitor formed by the ice forming plate and a conducting plate positioned opposite the ice forming plate wherein the dielectric medium therebetween substantially consists at some point in time of the ice formed on the ice forming plate.