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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
John S. Holmes, Sellersburg, IN (US);
Jerry J. Queen, II, New Albany, IN (US);
Rollie R. Herzog, Louisville, KY (US);
Mark Robert Mathews, Lombard, IL (US);
Robert M. Bultman, Smithfield, KY (US);
Tim Holder, Lagrange, KY (US);
Wolfgang Daum, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A control system for a refrigeration system having a refrigeration compartment and a quick chill/thaw pan. A main controller board, electrically connected to a temperature adjustment board and a dispenser board through the serial communications bus, controls the temperature of the refrigeration compartment and the quick chill/thaw pan. The control system accepts a plurality of inputs to determine a refrigeration mode and to execute a plurality of software algorithms to control the refrigeration compartment as both a chill pan to rapidly chill food and beverage items without freezing and a thaw pan to timely thaw frozen items at controlled temperature levels.