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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2002
Alan J. Mitchell, Evansville, IN (US);
Herbert P. Sabelhaus, Evansville, IN (US);
John P Tinney, Evansville, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An ice maker is provided including a refrigeration system for cooling an ice forming surface below the freezing temperature of water. The ice maker further includes a water supply inlet, a water collecting device connected to receive a supply of water from the water supply inlet and arranged to receive a flow of water from the ice forming surface, a recirculating pump having an inlet connected to the water collecting device, a recirculating passage connected at a first end to an outlet of the recirculating pump and arranged to direct water toward the ice making surface, and a magnetic field generating device positioned along a length of the recirculating passage.