Patent ID: 6612118
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
A method for controlling an ice maker, the ice maker having a refrigeration system for providing cooling of an ice forming evaporator, and a water circulatory system for circulating water over the evaporator for forming ice thereon as the evaporator is cooled by the refrigeration system, the method comprising the steps of:circulating a volume of water over the evaporator while cooling the evaporator and while sensing the temperature of the circulated volume of water, stopping the circulating of the volume of water when a predetermined nonfreezing temperature of the water is sensed, continuing to cool the evaporator after the stopping of the circulating of the volume of water for a period of time to permit further cooling of the evaporator, re-starting circulating of the volume of water over the evaporator for initiating an ice making cycle.