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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
William S. Credle, Jr., Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Assignee:
The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/08 ;
Abstract
An ice detector for an ice water bath tank having an evaporator system operated by a compressor to promote the growth of ice therein. The detector includes a device for providing reciprocating motion and a probe connected to the device. The probe is capable of reciprocating movement within the ice water bath tank until a predetermined amount of ice grows adjacent to the probe.