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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Brett Gist, Grayslake, IL (US);
Matthew Allison, Mundelein, IL (US);
Andy Pichotta, Montgomery, MN (US);
Chris J. Teal, Round Lake, IL (US);
Tim Bethuy, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Scotsman Ice Systems, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 ;
Abstract
An ice machine and method for control thereof. The method has various features including control of upload/download of software and data, control of ice cube detection of falling pieces as well as a bin full condition, logging of machine cycle counts, electrical load run times, error codes linked to accumulated run time of the ice machine, of program style and display of error codes and verification of program styles.