公开(公告)号：US20040263036A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-30

申请号：US10812371

申请日：2004-03-29

Inventor： Michael A. Zizas

IPC: F25C001/00 ,  F25C005/18 ,  A47B096/04

CPC classification number: F25C5/18 ,  F25C5/00

Abstract: A machine mounting adapter accommodates mounting of a variety of differently dimensioned machines on top of a standard sized base machine, and in particular enables any one of a number of differently sized ice machines to be mounted on top of a given ice dispenser. The adapter includes both a specially configured cover that replaces a standard cover normally found on the ice dispenser and a pair of rigid bars that together with the specially configured cover are supported on a top perimeter edge defined around an open upper end of an ice retaining bin of the ice dispenser. An ice machine mounts on top of the cover with an ice drop hole in the cover providing access for ice made by the ice machine to enter the bin. The pair of rigid bars are adapted to be positioned in selected and adjustably spaced relationships, in one embodiment on the cover and in another embodiment on the perimeter edge of the ice retaining bin, such that the bars are located generally beneath and along front and rear ends of any particular ice machine mounted on the cover in order to provide secure support for the ice machine on top of the ice dispenser. By virtue of the bars being adjustable in their spacing, the machine mounting adapter can accommodate mounting of various size ice machines on an ice dispenser of given size.

Abstract translation: 机器安装适配器容纳各种不同尺寸的机器在标准尺寸的基本机器的顶部上的安装，并且特别地使多个不同尺寸的制冰机中的任何一个能够安装在给定的冰分配器的顶部。 适配器包括一个专门配置的盖子，用于取代通常在冰分配器上发现的标准盖板，以及与特殊配置的盖板一起支撑的一对刚性杆，该顶部支撑在围绕冰块的敞开的上端限定的顶部周边边缘上 的冰机。 制冰机安装在盖子的顶部，盖子上有一个冰滴孔，提供制冰机进入冰箱进入的冰箱。 一对刚性杆适于以一定的和可调节的间隔的关系定位，在一个实施例中在盖上，在另一个实施例中，位于冰块的周边边缘上，使得杆大致位于前后方向 安装在盖上的任何特定制冰机的端部，以便为冰机顶部的制冰机提供可靠的支撑。 由于杆的间距可调节，机器安装适配器可以容纳各种尺寸的制冰机在给定尺寸的冰分配器上的安装。

公开(公告)号：US20040255600A1

公开(公告)日：2004-12-23

申请号：US10835837

申请日：2004-04-30

Inventor： Gary Lebowitz

IPC: F25C001/00 ,  F25D017/04

CPC classification number: F25C1/22 ,  F25D3/08 ,  F25D2303/081

Abstract: Method and apparatus used for the molding and dispensing of frozen beverages are provided. The apparatus includes a body cavity having an inner surface for molding a frozen beverage, an open end for dispensing the frozen beverage, and a bottom end. The apparatus further includes a rotatable threaded rod axially arranged within the body cavity, a rotatable base in fixed connection with the threaded rod to facilitate rotation of the threaded rod. Additionally the apparatus includes a moveable support in contact with the threaded rod such that the support moves within the body cavity upon rotation of the threaded rod, and an attachable cap. The method involves filling a body cavity with an unfrozen beverage, freezing the unfrozen beverage within the body cavity to mold the frozen beverage; and twisting a threaded rod in a first direction to dispense the frozen beverage from the body cavity.

Abstract translation: 提供了用于成型和分配冷冻饮料的方法和设备。 该装置包括具有用于模制冷冻饮料的内表面的体腔，用于分配冷冻饮料的开口端和底端。 该装置还包括轴向布置在体腔内的可旋转螺杆，与螺杆固定连接的可旋转底座，以便于旋转螺杆。 此外，该装置包括与螺杆接触的可移动支撑件，使得支撑件在旋转螺杆和可附接盖时在体腔内移动。 该方法包括用未冷冻的饮料填充体腔，将未冷冻的饮料冻结在体腔内以模制冷冻饮料; 以及在第一方向上扭转螺杆以从体腔分配冷冻饮料。

公开(公告)号：US20040226311A1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-18

申请号：US10818603

申请日：2004-04-06

Applicant: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Kunihiko Ishitomi ,  Masaaki Kawasumi ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Shizuma Kadowaki ,  Shinichi Nagasawa ,  Tadaharu Hosogi

IPC: F25C001/00

CPC classification number: F25C1/045 ,  F25C2400/14 ,  F25C2500/08

Abstract: An ice-making water tank 54 capable of improving ice-making efficiency by suppressing increases in concentrations of the impurities contained in ice-making water is divided into a circulating tank section 58 and a retention tank section 60 by a partition plate 62. The ice-making water stored within the circulating tank section 58 and the ice-making water stored within the retention tank section 60 are made movable between each other by a communication hole 64. A capacity of the retention tank section 60 is set to have a capacity greater than that of the circulating tank section 58. Above the retention tank section 60 is covered with a guide 52c of a mechanical base 52, and the un-iced water cooled during ice-making operation is collected only into the circulating tank section 58 via an opening 52d opening downward above the circulating tank section 58.

Abstract translation: 能够通过抑制制冰水中所含的杂质浓度的增加而能够提高制冰效率的制冰水箱54通过隔板62分成循环箱部58和滞留槽部60。 存储在循环箱部分58中的储水和储存在保持箱部分60内的制冰水通过连通孔64彼此可移动。保持箱部分60的容量被设定为具有更大的容量 与循环箱部分58相比。在保持罐部分60上方覆盖有机械基座52的引导件52c，并且在制冰操作期间冷却的未冷却的水仅通过 开口52d在循环箱部58的上方向下方开口。

公开(公告)号：US20040216474A1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-04

申请号：US10833436

申请日：2004-04-28

Inventor： Thaddeus M. Jablonski ,  Daniel C. Leaver ,  Michael A. Zizas

IPC: F25C001/00 ,  B67D005/62 ,  F25C005/18

CPC classification number: A23G9/045 ,  B67D1/0021 ,  B67D1/0057 ,  B67D1/0058 ,  B67D1/0859 ,  B67D1/0861 ,  B67D1/0862 ,  B67D1/0888 ,  F25C1/12 ,  F25C5/10 ,  F25C5/187 ,  F25C2400/14 ,  F25C2600/04 ,  F25C2700/02

Abstract: An ice/beverage dispenser is characterized by an ice/beverage dispensing machine having an integral ice making capacity. An icemaker of the dispenser and the ice and beverage dispensing portion share an evaporator that that is utilized both for chilling beverage water for dispensing and for making ice. The evaporator is efficiently utilized in that one side of it is used for making ice and both sides of it are used for chilling water. The present invention uses a processor based control circuit that operates the refrigeration system between ice-making and water chilling modes in such manner as to ensure that cold beverages will always be served. The ice/beverage dispenser also includes a system for quickly combining and separating the ice making and beverage dispensing water supply, water drain and electrical functions.

Abstract translation: 冰/饮料分配器的特征在于具有整体制冰能力的冰/饮料分配机。 分配器和冰饮料分配部分的制冰机共享一个蒸发器，该蒸发器用于冷却用于分配和制冰的饮料水。 蒸发器被有效地利用，其一侧用于制冰，其两侧用于冷却水。 本发明使用基于处理器的控制电路，其以制冰和冷水模式之间操作制冷系统，以便确保始终服务冷饮料。 冰/饮料分配器还包括用于快速组合和分离制冰和饮料分配供水，排水和电气功能的系统。

公开(公告)号：US20040200229A1

公开(公告)日：2004-10-14

申请号：US10837651

申请日：2004-05-04

Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED

Inventor： Hideo Kubo ,  Hisashi Kawashima ,  Jie Wei ,  Junichi Ishimine ,  Masahiro Suzuki ,  Yoshiaki Udagawa ,  Masahiro Mochizuki

IPC: F25B039/02 ,  F25C001/00 ,  F25B041/04

CPC classification number: F28D15/0266 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25B2600/21 ,  F25D19/006 ,  F28F3/12 ,  F28F13/06 ,  H01L23/427 ,  H01L23/467 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H05K7/20309 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: A refrigeration system allows the refrigerant to circulate through a closed circulation channel. A dry evaporator is incorporated in the circulation channel. The dry evaporator is designed to keep a quality smaller than 1.0 in evaporating the refrigerant. The quantity of heat transfer per unit area, namely, a heat transfer coefficient depends on the quality. The heat transfer coefficient remarkably drops when the quality of the refrigerant exceeds a predetermined threshold level before the quality actually reaches 1.0. The quality of the refrigerant kept below the predetermined threshold level during vaporization of the refrigetant in the dry evaporator allows a reliable establishment of a higher performance of cooling. On the other hand, if a refrigerant completely evaporates in a dry evaporator in a conventional manner, the heat transfer coefficient of the refrigerant *remarkably drops after the quality of the refrigerant exceeds the predetermined threshold level. Accordingly, the conventional dry evaporator is forced to absorb heat at a lower heat transfer coefficient, as compared with the present dry evaporator.

Abstract translation: 制冷系统允许制冷剂循环通过封闭的循环通道。 干燥蒸发器结合在循环通道中。 干蒸发器设计成在蒸发制冷剂时保持小于1.0的质量。 每单位面积的传热量，即传热系数取决于质量。 当质量实际达到1.0之前制冷剂的质量超过预定阈值水平时，传热系数显着下降。 在干燥蒸发器中的冷凝器蒸发期间，制冷剂的质量保持在预定阈值水平以下，可以可靠地建立更高的冷却性能。 另一方面，如果制冷剂在干式蒸发器中以常规方式完全蒸发，则在制冷剂的质量超过预定阈值水平之后，制冷剂的传热系数*显着下降。 因此，与本发明的干式蒸发器相比，传统的干式蒸发器被迫以较低的传热系数吸收热量。

公开(公告)号：US20040176650A1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-09

申请号：US10796970

申请日：2004-03-11

Inventor： Are Lund ,  David Lysne ,  Roar Larsen ,  Kai W. Hjarbo

IPC: F25C001/00 ,  C07C009/00

CPC classification number: F17D3/14 ,  B08B9/027 ,  C10G33/04 ,  E21B43/01 ,  Y10T137/0391

Abstract: A method of transporting a flow of fluid hydrocarbons containing water through a treatment and transportation system including a pipeline, wherein the flow of fluid hydrocarbons is introduced into a reactor where it is mixed with particles of gas hydrates which are also introduced into the reactor. The effluent flow of hydrocarbons from the reactor is cooled in a heat exchanger to ensure that all water present therein is in the form of gas hydrates. The flow is then treated in a separator to be separated into a first flow and a second flow. The first flow has a content of gas hydrate and is recycled to the reactor to provide the particles of gas hydrates mentioned above. The second flow is conveyed to a pipeline to be transported to its destination.

Abstract translation: 一种通过包括管道的处理和运输系统输送含水的流体烃流的方法，其中流体烃的流动被引入到反应器中，在反应器中将其与还被引入反应器中的气体水合物的颗粒混合。 来自反应器的烃的流出物流在热交换器中冷却，以确保其中存在的所有水都是气体水合物的形式。 然后将流体在分离器中处理以分离成第一流和第二流。 第一流量具有天然气水合物的含量，并被循环到反应器中以提供上述气体水合物的颗粒。 第二个流被传送到一个管道，运送到目的地。

公开(公告)号：US20040148957A1

公开(公告)日：2004-08-05

申请号：US10355085

申请日：2003-01-31

Inventor： Douglas A. Pohl ,  William James Vestal ,  Kenton John Widmer

IPC: F25C001/00

CPC classification number: F25C1/04 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2400/14 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D2400/04

Abstract: An ice maker assembly in a refrigerator freezer includes a fill tube for transporting liquid to a mold. The freezer includes an outer wall spaced apart from an inner wall, with a plenum formed therebetween. An opening is formed within the inner wall, through which the fill tube extends with a clearance. Warm air generated by a defrost cycle passes through the clearance in the inner wall and around the fill tube, thereby warming the fill tube. In addition, the fill tube includes vents formed therein to allow active ventilation of the fill tube and to prevent ice formation within the fill tube.

公开(公告)号：US20040144122A1

公开(公告)日：2004-07-29

申请号：US10756935

申请日：2004-01-13

Inventor： Joseph Eugene Holland ,  David Carter ,  Carolyn Janet Jury

IPC: F25C001/00

CPC classification number: B67D1/0054 ,  B67D1/0867 ,  B67D2210/00123 ,  B67D2210/00125

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a semi-frozen beverage is disclosed in which a freeze cylinder 12 for converting a beverage to a desired semi-frozen condition is positioned at a remote location from a dispense tap 10. The freeze cylinder 12 is connected to the tap 10 by a flow line 13 for maintaining the semi-frozen condition of the beverage between the freeze cylinder 12 and the tap 10. The flow line 13 may be insulated and additional cooling may be provided between freeze cylinder 12 and the tap 10. The flow line 13 may be in the form of a re-circulation loop for returning semi-frozen beverage to the freeze cylinder 12 for re-conditioning. A dosing unit 71 may be provided for adding flavours, spirits or other components to the semi-frozen beverage such that a range of beverages may be provided for dispense from the tap 10.

公开(公告)号：US20040093888A1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-20

申请号：US09966938

申请日：2001-10-01

Inventor： Marty Willamor ,  Joseph E. Jefferson JR.

IPC: B63B025/26 ,  F25C005/18 ,  F25C001/00

CPC classification number: B63J2/12 ,  F25C1/147 ,  F25C5/187 ,  F25C2400/14

Abstract: A split ice making and delivery system which includes a condenser and compressor sub-assembly which compresses and condenses refrigerant and a compact remote ice making sub-assembly. The remote ice making assembly may be integrated with an ice storage bin. The system further includes a refrigerant delivery sub-assembly coupled to the condenser and compressor sub-assembly and the remote ice making sub-assembly for delivering therebetween the refrigerant. The refrigerant delivery sub-assembly has a length sufficient to reach a upper level of a marine vessel, a remote room, or remote location to reach the remote ice making sub-assembly remote from the condenser and compressor sub-assembly.

Abstract translation: 分体式制冰和分配系统，其包括压缩和冷凝制冷剂的冷凝器和压缩机子组件以及紧凑的远程制冰子组件。 远程制冰组件可以与储冰箱一体化。 该系统还包括联接到冷凝器和压缩机子组件的制冷剂输送子组件和用于在其间在其间输送制冷剂的远程制冰子组件。 制冷剂输送子组件具有足够的长度以达到远离冷凝器和压缩机子组件的远程制冰子组件的海洋船舶，远程房间或远程位置的上部水平。

公开(公告)号：US20030192325A1

公开(公告)日：2003-10-16

申请号：US10392929

申请日：2003-03-21

Inventor： Gino Cocchi ,  Gianni Zaniboni

IPC: F25C001/00 ,  F25B041/00 ,  F25B049/00

CPC classification number: A23G9/22 ,  F25B1/00 ,  F25B41/003 ,  F25B49/02 ,  F25B2400/0403 ,  F25B2600/2501 ,  F25B2700/197 ,  F25B2700/21175

Abstract: Method for the control of the flow rate of refrigerating fluid in ice cream making machines comprising a vapour-compression refrigerating circuit provided as a minimum with a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and a main valve for injecting refrigerating fluid into the said evaporator, the method comprising the following steps: measuring the temperature-pressure values of the fluid at the outlet of the evaporator; tapping off, on the basis of the measurement taken in the first step, a flow of hot gas at the outlet of the compressor; and sending this tapped-off flow of gas to a point downstream of the main refrigerating fluid injection valve. This method is carried out by means of an apparatus comprising at least one tapping-off line that takes a flow of gas from the outlet of this compressor and sends it to a zone of this circuit situated between the main valve and the evaporator, means are provided on this line to control and monitor this tapped-off flow of gas.

Abstract translation: 用于控制冰淇淋制造机中的制冷流体的流量的方法包括：用压缩机，冷凝器，蒸发器和用于将冷冻流体注入到所述蒸发器中的主阀最小化的蒸气压缩式制冷回路， 方法包括以下步骤：测量蒸发器出口处的流体的温度 - 压力值; 在第一步骤中测量的基础上，在压缩机出口处的热气流; 并将该分接的气体流送到主冷冻流体喷射阀下游的一点。 该方法通过一种装置进行，该设备包括至少一个抽出管线，其从该压缩机的出口接收气体流并将其发送到位于主阀和蒸发器之间的该回路的区域，装置是 在这条线上提供，以控制和监测这种煤气的分流。