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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Daryl G. Erbs, Sheboygan, WI (US);
William E. Smith, Jr., Sheboygan, WI (US);
William E. Olson, Jr., Bellevue, WI (US);
Janice M. K. Jaferian, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Inventors:
Daryl G. Erbs, Sheboygan, WI (US);
William E. Smith, Jr., Sheboygan, WI (US);
William E. Olson, Jr., Bellevue, WI (US);
Janice M. K. Jaferian, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE COMPANIES, LLC, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/12 (2013.01); F25C 2400/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The use of the following techniques to clean air: (1) inlet air filtration, (2) continuous recirculation air filtration, (3) water filtration and disinfection, (4) use of an air curtain in the ice bin opening, and (5) provision of clean air to the air assist pump during the harvest cycle.