Patent ID: 6311501
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: F25B,F25C

Abstract:
An ice making machine comprising:an evaporator assembly including (i) a plate having a first side that has a plurality of outwardly extending partitions that are spaced apart to form a plurality of ice forming channels therebetween and (ii) an evaporator tubing disposed on a second opposed side of said plate in thermal communication with said channels;a fluid source means for supplying a fluid;a pump in fluid communication with said fluid source means;a first fluid distributor that is disposed above said evaporator assembly and that is located to supply said fluid to said channels and a second fluid distributor that is disposed above said evaporator assembly and that is located to supply said fluid to said partitions along said first side of said plate; anda valve that is in fluid communication with said pump and that has a first mode in which said fluid supplied by said pump is diverted to said first fluid distributor and a second mode in which said fluid is diverted to said second fluid distributor, whereby said fluid cascades along said channels during said first mode and along said partitions during said second mode.