Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker with reversing condenser fan motor to maintain clean condenser
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Application No.: US17154287Application Date: 2021-01-21
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Publication No.: US11543161B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: John Allen Broadbent , John Friend
- Applicant: True Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MO O'Fallon
- Assignee: True Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee: True Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MO O'Fallon
- Agency: Stinson LLP
- Main IPC: F25C5/182
- IPC: F25C5/182 ; F28G15/00 ; F25B39/00 ; F25C1/04 ; F25B47/00 ; F25C5/10 ; F25B39/04

Abstract:
An ice maker for forming ice having a refrigeration system, a water system, and a control system. The refrigeration system includes a compressor, a condenser, an ice formation device, and a condenser fan comprising a fan blade and a condenser fan motor for driving the fan blade. The water system supplies water to the ice formation device. The control system includes a controller adapted to operate the condenser fan motor at a first speed in a forward direction when the ice maker is making ice and adapted to operate the condenser fan motor at a second speed in a reverse direction when the ice maker is not making ice. Operating the condenser fan motor at the second speed in the reverse direction is sufficient to reduce the amount of dirt, lint, grease, dust, and/or other contaminants on or in the condenser.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210140690A1 ICE MAKER WITH REVERSING CONDENSER FAN MOTOR TO MAINTAIN CLEAN CONDENSER Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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