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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Masaaki Kawasumi, Toyoake, JP;
Yuji Wakatsuki, Toyoake, JP;
Seiji Kobayashi, Toyoake, JP;
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A sprinkle guide provided above an ice making plate in a trickle ice making machine having the ice making plate on which vertically extending projecting portions are formed while spaced apart in the lateral direction and making a lump of ice from ice making water supplied to ice making surfaces provided between adjoining projecting portions, and an ice making water tank provided below the ice making plate. The ice making plate includes cover parts located above each projecting portions, guide parts provided between adjoining cover parts to face the ice making surfaces while inclining downward from the projecting end side of the projecting portions toward the ice making surfaces side and guiding the ice making water to the ice making surfaces through a slit defined between the inclination lower end and the ice making surfaces and a notch provided at the upper end of the guide parts.