Patent ID: 9389009
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: F25C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A partition for use in forming a crisscross grid capable of substantially completely contacting a substantially planar surface of an evaporator pan of an ice making machine, wherein the crisscross grid is comprised of a plurality of the partitions mated substantially perpendicularly to each other at a plurality of intersections, the partition comprising: a length having two opposed edges; a height; a width; a plurality of substantially parallel slots disposed along a first one of the edges, wherein each slot has a centerline, and wherein each slot has a dimension that provides tight clearance at each of the plurality of intersections with its mated partitions to provide a capillary path at each of the plurality of intersections and at the contact area of the evaporator pan and each of the plurality of intersections; and at least one weep hole disposed at a location selected from the group consisting of proximal a second one of the edges and not disposed along a centerline and along the first one of the edges between two of the parallel slots.