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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1999
Lee G Mueller, Kewaunee, WI (US);
Howard G Funk, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Timothy J Kraus, Two Rivers, WI (US);
Steven P Kutchera, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Gregory McDougal, Manitowoc, WI (US);
David J Williamson, Manitow, WI (US);
Manitowoc Foodservice Group, Inc., Sparks, NV (US);
Abstract
A remote ice-making machine is disclosed having a compressor unit remote from an evaporator unit, a supply line for transferring refrigerant from the compressor unit to the remote evaporator unit, and a return line for returning refrigerant from the evaporator unit to the compressor unit during an ice-making mode. The preferred evaporator unit has an ice-forming evaporator and a heating unit, as well as a valve for controlling the flow of refrigerant into the evaporator unit. A method for making ice with the remote ice-making unit is also disclosed.