| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062068000 | Agitating | 17 |
| 20080202130 | Reversing Auger System - A method and apparatus for producing a chilled or partially frozen beverage is provided. The system includes a beverage hopper ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090211269 | Adaptive beater and scraper speed control for frozen product dispensers - A controller for a drive motor for a scraper of a frozen product dispenser operates the drive motor to rotate the scraper at selected ones of a plurality of different speeds within a freeze barrel of the dispenser, in accordance with the values of sensed operating parameters of the dispenser. The arrangement provides for rotation of the scraper at speeds appropriate for, but no greater than required for, the then existent operating condition of the dispenser. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090255276 | ENHANCED INTEGRATED OPERATION BLENDER BASED STERILE MEDICAL ICE SLURRY PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and device are provided for the preparation of sterile medical ice slurry, for example having ice loadings of greater than approximately 50%. An integrated-operation ice slurry blender-based production and delivery system methods for monitoring cooling capacity of the produced and delivered slurry. All individual medical ice slurry production and delivery steps are integrated into one tightly coupled precisely sequenced and timed system. The novel procedure and equipment is simple to use and makes sterile slurry, which is ready to deliver to patients, for example, in less than 2 minutes after adding predetermined thermally preconditioned ingredient modules to a blender. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090288429 | Automatic recovery system for frozen product machines - A recovery system for a frozen product dispenser accommodates automatic recovery and continued operation of the dispenser in response to the output torque of a beater bar and scraper assembly drive motor exceeding a selected upper limit due to transient conditions. A controller monitors the output torque of the drive motor and, upon sensing an output torque in excess of the selected upper limit, shuts off the drive motor and operates a refrigeration system to defrost a freeze barrel within which the beater bar and scraper assembly is rotated, for a time sufficient to defrost product in the barrel. The controller then turns on the drive motor, operates the refrigeration system to refreeze product in the barrel and continues to monitor the output torque of the drive motor. The foregoing operation is repeated several times, if and as necessary, before a system error is generated. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090301107 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SLUSH FOR SURGICAL USE - Methods and apparatus for producing saline slush for surgical applications. Producing surgical saline slush in a slush bottle that is a rigid or semi-rigid, high integrity, sturdy container that resists punctures and leaks to better maintain a sterile barrier and does not rely on having an external object placed in the fluid to mix the slush. Slush is agitated by rotating the slush bottle within a slush bottle carriage around an axis of rotation. Agitation of the slush may be increased by including an agitation feature such as at least one fin in one or more sidewalls of the slush bottle. The rotating slush bottle is chilled. One variation is to keep the sterile saline in a flexible container and tumble the flexible container in a rotating slush bottle. Other variations are suggested. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100139295 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PRODUCING CLEAR ICE, AND REFRIGERATOR FEATURING SUCH A DEVICE - There is described a device ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110088413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND DETERMINING COOLING CAPACITY OF TWO-PHASE COOLANTS - The invention provides systems and devices for producing two-phase coolants such as an ice slurry. Also provided are methods for producing two-phase coolants, and methods for using the two-phase coolants to lower the temperature or maintain a low temperature in any subject, system, object, device, or application where particular low temperatures are desired. Also provided are systems for determining the cooling capacity of two-phase coolants. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120000217 | ULTRA-SMALL ICE, USES THEREOF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION - Compositions of matter, uses thereof and an apparatus for production of the compositions of matter are provided. In an embodiment, an isolated gel-ice is described for use as a cold source. The gel-ice has a variety of uses, including for food processing and preservation. The apparatus is used to prepare gel-ice, and can be used to concentrate or purify a liquid, or extract from the liquid. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120096876 | CONTAINER HAVING INGREDIENTS FOR PREPARING A FROZEN CONFECTION, CONTAINER HOLDER AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING A FROZEN CONFECTION - The present invention relates to a container ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20130074527 | ICE MAKING METHOD - There is provided an ice making method capable of reducing the required number of gyrations of a gyration member used for making ice to have a high level of transparency and determining a point in time at which ice is to be released. The ice making method for making highly transparent ice by revolving a gyration member provided in a tray member in which water is put such that a plurality of dipping members, on which ice is generated or from which generated ice is released, are immersed, wherein a method for driving the gyration member in making ice to be supplied to a user and a method for driving the gyration member in making ice to be used for generating cold water are different in order to reduce the number of gyrations of the gyration member. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130276468 | REFRIGERATOR AND ICE MAKING DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND RELEASING CLEAR ICE, AND METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerator and ice making device for producing and releasing clear ice and a method thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, an ice tray of the ice making device may include at least one receiving part that receives water for freezing into the clear ice, the at least one receiving part having an opening provided at a top portion thereof through which the water is supplied and the clear ice is discharged from the at least one receiving part. At least one oscillator may be disposed on the ice tray, the at least one oscillator structured to keep the water moving during the ice production process. The at least one oscillator may also be used to vibrate the ice tray to release the clear ice into a collection tray. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140165617 | CLEAR ICE MAKER WITH WARM AIR FLOW - An ice-making apparatus for an appliance having a housing with an interior volume and an ice tray horizontally suspended in the interior volume. The ice tray has a cold plate with a top surface and a bottom surface and a containment wall surrounding an edge portion of the cold plate to retain water. A cooling source is thermally coupled to the bottom surface of the cold plate. An intake conduit extends into the interior volume over the ice tray and is configured to draw ambient air into the interior volume over the ice tray, and the ambient air is above freezing. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150107276 | ICEMAKER WITH SWING TRAY - A clear ice making system and method utilizes an ice forming tray pivotally connected to opposing side walls of an icemaker housing. Ice forming fingers of a dedicated evaporator extend into fluid within the ice forming tray, and are cooled by communication with the refrigerant circulating system of the refrigerator. A motor oscillates the ice forming tray about a longitudinal axis at a frequency of about 0.4-0.6 hertz as fluid channels freezes on the ice forming fingers over time, forming clear ice pieces. During an ice dispensing event, the motor pivots the ice making tray about the longitudinal axis such that fluid remaining within the ice making tray drains into a fluid reservoir below. The ice forming fingers are then heated to release the clear ice pieces for transfer from the fresh food compartment to the freezer compartment of the refrigerator. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150128620 | ICE SLURRY PRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - The invention relates to an energy system, and more particularly to an air conditioning system for air conditioning rooms, comprising an energy source for heat pump systems, in which energy and/or heat is stored in a latent energy or heat storage system, comprising an ice slurry production device ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160157509 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND DISPENSING LIQUID FOOD PRODUCTS - A machine for making and dispensing iced food products such as granitas, slush drinks and the like including: at least one closed and sealed chamber for containing and processing the product to be dispensed; a corresponding tank for feeding the basic ingredients needed for obtaining the product to be dispensed; a connecting pipe between an outlet of the tank and the inlet of the chamber; and a flow meter positioned along said pipe. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160174593 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING LIQUID AND/OR SEMI-LIQUID PRODUCTS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160377336 | BINARY-ICE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for continuously producing a flowable, pumpable, cooled mass or cooling mass, in particular for use as foodstuffs and food products and/or for foodstuffs and food products made of a flowable base mass, including the following steps: filling a housing with the flowable base mass; cooling the flowable base mass by bringing it in contact with a heat exchanger device disposed in the housing while stirring the base mass so as to generate the pumpable, cooled mass or cooling mass, wherein, when a layer, and in particular an ice layer, forms on the heat exchanger device, cooling is interrupted as soon as the layer, and in particular the ice layer, reaches a predetermined thickness, and cooling is continued as soon as the layer drops below the predetermined thickness, wherein the base mass and/or the mass is moved radially outwardly along the heat exchanger surfaces during stirring, and a force is transmitted for stirring from outside the housing to the inside, without contact and without apertures through the housing. The invention further relates to an air conditioning method, to a cooling mass production device, to an energy system, and to a use therefor | 12-29-2016 |
