Patent ID: 7284391
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: F25B,F25C

Abstract:
1. A pump assembly mounted within an ice machine having a base, the base having an opening and a collar surrounding the opening, the collar having an upper rim on an interior surface thereof and a sealing surface displaced away from the upper rim, the pump assembly comprising: (a) a pump housing attached to a pump motor and enclosing an impeller; (b) a discharge tube; (c) a first flange and a second flange extending from the pump assembly, the first flange having a larger diameter than the second flange and having a circumferential seat; and (d) an O-ring residing within the circumferential seat, wherein the O-ring seals against the sealing surface of the collar, wherein the second flange is configured to fit against the upper rim on the interior surface of the collar, and wherein the collar exerts pressure on the second flange to hold the pump assembly in place.