Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker with push notification to indicate when maintenance is required
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Application No.: US15152300Application Date: 2016-05-11
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Publication No.: US10775089B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: John Allen Broadbent , Paolo Moro
- Applicant: True Manufacturing Co., 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: F25D29/00
- IPC: F25D29/00 ; F25C5/00 ; F25C5/10 ; F25C5/20

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, and an evaporator. The water system includes a water filter and a sump to hold water to be made into ice. The control system includes a controller adapted to determine a baseline freeze time, a baseline harvest time, and/or a baseline fill time after an initial set of ice making cycles and is further adapted to compare subsequent harvest times, freeze times, and/or fill times to the baseline freeze, harvest, and/or fill times to determine whether the ice maker needs maintenance. If controller determines that ice maker needs maintenance, controller can push a notification to a portable electronic device connected to the ice maker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160334157A1 ICE MAKER WITH PUSH NOTIFICATION TO INDICATE WHEN MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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