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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1999
Gerald J. Stensrud, Mallard, IA (US);
Gerald E. Gregory, Lakewood, CO (US);
Mile High Equipment Co., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
An evaporator device for an ice maker with a grid of ice cells in horizontal rows and vertical columns. The grid is formed by a plurality of vertical integral structures interleaved with a plurality of vertical partitions. Each vertical structure is shaped to form the tops, bottoms and backs of the ice cells of a column. The sides of the ice cells of a column are formed by the vertical partitions to the right and left of a vertical structure. An evaporator tube threads bores and holes in the vertical structures and the vertical structures. The evaporator tube is expanded to mechanically bond the evaporator tube with the vertical structures and the vertical partitions.