Patent ID: 6122927
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
An ice guide plate comprising a trapezoidal main body having a face, an underside, a long laterally extending edge, a short parallel laterally extending edge, and an angled side edge, a triangular side plate in the form of a right triangle and having a face and an underside, the angled side edge of the main body joining the side plate along a hypotenuse of the side plate, and a flat joining plate which extends in parallel with and joins one angle side edge of the main body and the hypotenuse of the triangular side plate defining a valley floor, and having a face and an underside, wherein the angled side plate has a plurality of water recovery slots which parallel the hypotenuse of the plate, the main body has a plurality of water recovery slots which are aligned perpendicular to the laterally extending edges, and the flat joining plate has a plurality of longitudinally extending water recovery slots along an upper portion of the valley floor and two laterally extending water recovery slots in a lower portion of the valley floor.