| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D549664 |
Control panel |
August 28, 2007 |
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| D549246 |
Evaporator assembly |
August 21, 2007 |
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| D541316 |
Bin liner assembly |
April 24, 2007 |
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| D537457 |
Ice machine door |
February 27, 2007 |
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| D526338 |
Ice machine |
August 8, 2006 |
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| D493233 |
Combined door, door hinges, door moldings, and door handle |
July 20, 2004 |
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| D492794 |
Combined door, door hinges, door moldings, and door handle |
July 6, 2004 |
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| D486687 |
Ice dispenser and ice/beverage dispenser |
February 17, 2004 |
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| D465119 |
Beverage dispenser |
November 5, 2002 |
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| D462225 |
Low volume beverage dispenser |
September 3, 2002 |
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| 7340913 |
Ice machine and ice-making assembly including a water distributor |
March 11, 2008 |
| An ice machine has an ice-making assembly that includes a water distributor in which one or more structural elements form a first chamber. The first chamber is configured to receive an inflow of water, distribute the water laterally, and to controllably release the water. A mating me |
| 7287671 |
Beverage dispenser modular manifold |
October 30, 2007 |
| A beverage dispenser modular manifold routes carbonated water and non-carbonated water to a plurality of outlet ports for dispensing water for mixing with syrup and dispensing a beverage. A selector allows a store owner or manager to set the manifold to dispense one of carbonated wat |
| 7284391 |
Pump assembly for an ice making machine |
October 23, 2007 |
| An ice making machine has a mechanical compartment and a water compartment that houses a water system, and a pump assembly. The pump assembly includes a motor and a pump housing connected to the motor. The pump assembly is mounted to a base between the machine compartment and the wat |
| 7281386 |
Residential ice machine |
October 16, 2007 |
| An automatic ice making machine includes a refrigeration system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and an expansion device; a water system comprising an ice forming surface in thermal contact with the evaporator; and a control system comprising i) an on/off selector that |
| 7272951 |
Apparatus for cooling fluids |
September 25, 2007 |
| A cold plate unit includes a coolant system and a fluid system in heat exchange relationship, and a metallic unit. The coolant system has inlet and outlet manifolds and a plurality of coolant lines each including a plurality of loops. The fluid system includes at least one fluid line |
| 7082782 |
Low-volume ice making machine |
August 1, 2006 |
| An ice machine includes an evaporator with a plurality of individual ice-forming cells. Each ice-forming cell is open at a lower end. A water distributor is coupled to the evaporator and configured to deliver water to the upper end of each ice-forming cell. A refrigeration system in the |
| 7032406 |
Ice machine including a condensate collection unit, an evaporator attachment assembly, and remov |
April 25, 2006 |
| An ice machine includes an evaporator, a condensate collection unit, positioned below the evaporator and configured to collect condensate from a back surface of the evaporator. First and second mounting brackets attached to the first and second sides of the evaporator, respectively, |
| 7013668 |
Apparatus for cooling fluids |
March 21, 2006 |
| An apparatus for cooling at least one fluid includes separable cold plate and dispenser units. The cold plate unit includes a coolant system, a fluid system and a metallic unit. The coolant system defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion. The cold plate portion of the coolant sys |
| 6993929 |
Ice-making machine with contoured water curtain |
February 7, 2006 |
| An ice machine includes a water curtain configured to minimize the flow of water into an ice bin underneath the ice machine. The water curtain is positioned adjacent to the front surface of an ice-forming mold and includes a body having a wide section and a narrow section. The wide s |
| 6907744 |
Ice-making machine with improved water curtain |
June 21, 2005 |
| An ice-making machine has a substantially vertical ice-forming mold for freezing cubes of ice, a water distributor for distributing water so as to cascade over a front surface of said ice-forming mold and a hinged water curtain with a bottom edge for directing said cascading water into a |
| 6880358 |
Ice and ice/beverage dispensers |
April 19, 2005 |
| An apparatus for a countertop ice dispenser or ice and beverage dispenser is made from a single piece plastic ice bin. Parts for the dispenser are assembled into sub-assemblies before final assembly. The ice bin may be made by a rotomolding process. This uses relatively inexpensive molds |
| 6874331 |
Device and method for creating a horizontal air curtain for a cooler |
April 5, 2005 |
| An apparatus for creating a horizontal air curtain for a cooler doorway has at least one air moving device; at least one motor powering the air moving device; a control system including a sensor, the control system providing power to operate the motor when the sensor detects that the doo |
| 6870136 |
Proofing cabinet |
March 22, 2005 |
| A proofing cabinet with an insulated proofing chamber having at least top and bottom proofing zones. The cabinet has uniformly controlled temperature in one or more proofing zones within the chamber, allowing dough within the chamber to rise the proper amount and ensuring that the re |
| 6761036 |
Beverage dispenser with integral ice maker |
July 13, 2004 |
| A dispenser for soft-drinks and ice has an integral ice maker. The compressor and condenser for the ice making refrigeration system are located remotely from the ice making apparatus. Thus, the dispenser with an integral ice maker does not emit noise and heat from the compressor and |
| 6725675 |
Flaked ice making machine |
April 27, 2004 |
| A flaked ice making machine has a solenoid inlet valve in series with an inlet level control valve. In a preferred embodiment, these valves are used to provide an automatic cleaning feature. The automatic self-cleaning feature interacts with the control system and an array of inputs to c |
| 6705107 |
Compact ice making machine with cool vapor defrost |
March 16, 2004 |
| An ice making machine has a water system, including a pump, an ice-forming mold and interconnecting lines therefore; a refrigeration system, including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, an evaporator in thermal contact with the ice-forming mold, and a receiver. The receiver |
| 6698621 |
Selection manifold for beverage dispenser |
March 2, 2004 |
| A selection manifold for use for use with a beverage dispenser apparatus for dispensing both carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and including a plurality of dispensing valves with a syrup and a water line feeding each dispensing valve further comprising a selection manifold connecte |
| 6698229 |
Low volume beverage dispenser |
March 2, 2004 |
| An apparatus for low volume dispensing of soft drinks preferably uses no mechanical refrigeration equipment, depending instead on heat transfer from a bin of ice to cool water and soft-drink syrup for beverages. A heat-exchange plate desirably includes transfer lines for incoming water |
| 6684920 |
Beverage dispenser and automatic shut-off valve |
February 3, 2004 |
| A beverage mixing and dispensing valve, or a beverage dispenser including the valve, includes an automatic shut-off features. A user presses a cup or container against a lever on a soft-drink dispenser. The lever closes a switch to activate the opening of a solenoid-operated valve. At th |
| 6681580 |
Ice machine with assisted harvest |
January 27, 2004 |
| A method of making and harvesting ice cubes includes freezing water in an ice-forming mold having a back surface, an open front face and dividers mounted on the back surface forming pockets for the formation of individual ice cubes, the water also forming ice bridges between the ice |
| 6607096 |
Volumetric ice dispensing and measuring device |
August 19, 2003 |
| This invention relates to an apparatus and method for the volumetric measuring and dispensing of ice from a holding bin. The ice is desirably in a crushed or cubed state and is agitated during storage to prevent its freezing into a solid block. When a volume of ice is desired, a user |
| 6553782 |
Apparatus for cooling fluids |
April 29, 2003 |
| An apparatus for cooling at least one fluid includes separable cold plate and dispenser units. The cold plate unit includes a coolant system, a fluid system and a metallic unit. The coolant system defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion. The cold plate portion of the coolant sys |
| 6487873 |
Apparatus for cooling fluids |
December 3, 2002 |
| An apparatus for cooling at least one fluid includes separable cold plate and dispenser units. The cold plate unit includes a coolant system, a fluid system and a metallic unit. The coolant system defines a cold plate portion and a tower portion. The cold plate portion of the coolant sys |
