Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice display device
- Patent Title (中): 冰显示设备
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Application No.: US12963537Application Date: 2010-12-08
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Publication No.: US08783046B2Publication Date: 2014-07-22
- Inventor: James Doyle , Mark Fuller , Karl Nettmann
- Applicant: James Doyle , Mark Fuller , Karl Nettmann
- Applicant Address: US CA Sun Valley
- Assignee: WET Enterprises, Inc.
- Current Assignee: WET Enterprises, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sun Valley
- Agency: Maceiko IP
- Main IPC: F25C1/00
- IPC: F25C1/00 ; F25C1/18 ; F25C1/22 ; A23G9/00

Abstract:
An ice display device includes a chill tube and a piston that slides within the chill tube providing a fluidtight seal against the interior. The tube is filled with water and cooled to form an ice column. A shutter may selectively close the upper end of the chill tube with a fluidtight seal while the ice column is formed. The tube is warmed and the piston is lifted to an upper end of the tube to display the ice column. A plurality of water nozzles may selectively discharge streams of high pressure water inwardly to sculpt the ice column. An armature may extend upwardly from the piston to support and cool an interior of the ice column. The tube and armature may be cooled and warmed by a thermal transfer fluid. A device may be provided to induce turbulence in the thermal transfer fluid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110132004A1 Ice Display Device Public/Granted day:2011-06-09
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