Patent ID: 11953250
Assignee: HOSHIZAKI AMERICA, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method of using an ice maker, the method comprising:
forming ice on an evaporator of the ice maker, the evaporator housed inside an evaporator case of the ice maker;
harvesting the ice from the evaporator; and
performing an overall cleaning procedure on the ice maker, the overall cleaning procedure comprising:
a first manual intervention comprising activating a switch of the ice maker, activating the switch of the ice maker comprising initiating the overall cleaning procedure;
a first automatic step comprising sounding an audible alarm to alert a user that a second manual intervention comprising pouring one of a cleaning fluid and a sanitizing fluid into a tank of the evaporator case is required;
the second manual intervention comprising pouring the one of the cleaning fluid and the sanitizing fluid into the tank;
a second automatic step comprising automatically initiating and completing at least one of a cleaning stage and a sanitizing stage upon completion of the second manual intervention, automatically initiating the at least one of the cleaning stage and the sanitizing stage comprising operating a cleaning valve of a water circuit of the ice maker by a main controller of the ice maker; and
a third automatic step comprising automatically initiating and completing a rinsing stage.