ICE MACHINE

• Main Authors: WELLS MATTHEW W, CLAYTON LUTHER L, PETERSON KIM, SAKAKIBARA HIDEKI, PERRY TIMOTHY, RELOVA JEREMY, MELTON GLENN, HUCKABY SANDRA A, WAHEED ABDUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 14.02.2020
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLEANING OF INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SURFACES OF HEAT-EXCHANGE ORHEAT-TRANSFER CONDUITS, e.g. WATER TUBES OR BOILERS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; WEAPONS

An ice maker includes a dry compartment and a wet compartment adjacent to the dry compartment and including: an evaporator case sized to receive an evaporator, the evaporator case including: a plurality of interior panels joined to each other with snap-fit joints, each of the snap-fit joints including a tab and defining a slot, each of a plurality of seams formed between the interior panels defining a foam-tight seal and a water-tight seal; and a plurality of exterior panels, each of the plurality of exterior panels joined to a mating interior panel of the plurality of interior panels with slide joints, wherein the evaporator case is integrally insulated with blown foam insulation positioned between each of the plurality of exterior panels and a corresponding interior panel. 一种造冰机包括干室以及湿室，湿室与干室相邻，包括：蒸发器壳体，其尺寸适于容纳蒸发器，蒸发器壳体包括：多个内板，其通过卡扣配合接头彼此连接，每个卡扣配合接头包括凸片并限定槽，在内板之间形成的多个接缝中的每个接缝限定不漏泡沫密封和不漏水密封；以及多个外板，多个外板中的每个外板通过滑动接头连接到多个内板的配合内板，其中，蒸发器壳体通过位于多个外板中的每者和对应内板之间的发泡隔热体整体隔热。