Fault restart method
    1.
    发明授权
    Fault restart method 失效
    故障重启方法

    公开(公告)号:US5901561A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-11

    申请号:US873633

    申请日:1997-06-12

    摘要: A fault restart routine for an icemaker having a microprocessor-based system controller. The fault restart routine provides at least a limited number of attempts at automatically restarting the icemaker after a shutdown has occurred because of a detected fault condition. If the fault condition is not a water inlet fault, the routine waits a first predetermined period of time before attempting to restart the icemaker. If the fault is detected as being a water inlet fault, then the system controller waits for a second predetermined time period before restarting the icemaker. If after restarting the icemaker, the icemaker completes one complete cycle of operation (i.e., a complete FREEZE cycle and a complete HARVEST cycle), then the fault restart routine is exited and a previously generated fault code is cleared. If the icemaker does not full one complete cycle of operation within a predetermined number of restart tries, then the system controller generates a fault signal to the LED display and no further attempts at restarting the icemaker are made. The method alleviates the need for an operator or attendant to manually attempt to restart the icemaker in the event a fault condition occurs, which fault condition may only be temporary and/or due to environmental conditions such as power surges or brown-outs, and which does not require operator intervention. The method further protects the icemaker by automatically shutting down the icemaker if after the predetermined number of restart tries the fault condition is still present.

    摘要翻译: 具有基于微处理器的系统控制器的制冰机的故障重启程序。 由于检测到的故障状况,故障重启程序至少提供了在关闭发生后自动重新启动制冰机的尝试次数。 如果故障条件不是进水口故障,则程序在尝试重新启动制冰机之前等待第一预定时间段。 如果检测到故障是进水故障,则系统控制器在重新启动制冰机之前等待第二预定时间段。 如果在重新启动制冰机后,制冰机完成一个完整的操作周期(即完全冻结循环和完整的HARVEST循环),则退出故障重启程序,并清除先前生成的故障代码。 如果制冰机在预定次数的重新启动尝试中没有完成一个完整的循环,则系统控制器向LED显示器产生故障信号,并且不再进行重新启动制冰机的尝试。 该方法减轻了操作员或服务员在发生故障情况的情况下手动尝试重新启动制冰机的需要,该故障状况可能仅仅是临时的和/或由于诸如电源浪涌或掉电的环境条件而导致的,以及哪个 不需要操作员干预。 如果在预定次数的重启尝试故障状态仍然存在之后,该方法还通过自动关闭制冰机来保护制冰机。

    Apparatus and method for head pressure control valve disabling for an
icemaker
    2.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for head pressure control valve disabling for an icemaker 失效
    用于制冰机的头部压力控制阀禁用的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5937658A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-17

    申请号:US30534

    申请日:1998-02-24

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 F25C5/10

    摘要: An icemaker having a means for bypassing a head pressure control valve thereof depending upon the ambient air temperature surrounding a remotely located condenser of the icemaker. The method and apparatus involve a first bypass conduit which is coupled to an outlet of the condenser upstream of the head pressure control valve and a first bypass valve disposed in the first bypass conduit. A second bypass conduit is in communication with an inlet of the condenser and also with the head pressure control valve. A second bypass valve is disposed in the second bypass conduit. A thermostat controls each of the bypass valves such that the first bypass valve is closed and the second bypass valve opened when the sensed ambient air temperature around the condenser is below a predetermined temperature, to thereby permit normal operation of the head pressure control valve. When the ambient air temperature is at or above the predetermined temperature, the first bypass valve is opened and the second bypass valve is closed, which causes condensed refrigerant to bypass the head pressure control valve completely. The above-described arrangement permits a high set point of the head pressure control to build more heat in a compressor during the freeze cycle of the icemaker when the condenser is experiencing low ambient air temperature conditions, and further allows the head pressure control valve to be bypassed entirely when the ambient air conditions are relatively high during the freeze cycle, and the head pressure control valve is therefore not needed.

    摘要翻译: 一种制冰机,其具有根据围绕制冰机的位于远处的冷凝器周围的环境空气温度旁路头压力控制阀的装置。 该方法和装置包括第一旁路管道,其连接到头部压力控制阀上游的冷凝器的出口和设置在第一旁通管道中的第一旁通阀。 第二旁通管道与冷凝器的入口以及头部压力控制阀连通。 第二旁通阀设置在第二旁通管道中。 恒温器控制每个旁通阀,使得第一旁通阀关闭,并且当冷凝器周围的感测到的环境空气温度低于预定温度时第二旁通阀打开,从而允许头部压力控制阀的正常操作。 当环境空气温度等于或高于预定温度时,第一旁通阀打开并且第二旁通阀关闭,这使得冷凝的制冷剂完全绕过头部压力控制阀。 上述布置允许在冷凝器经历低的环境空气温度条件时,在制冰机的冷冻循环期间,头部压力控制的高设定点在压缩机中建立更多的热量,并且还允许头部压力控制阀为 在冷冻循环期间环境空气条件相对较高时完全旁路,因此不需要头部压力控制阀。

    Hot gas bypass system for an icemaker
    3.
    发明授权
    Hot gas bypass system for an icemaker 失效
    制冰机的热气旁路系统

    公开(公告)号:US5794452A

    公开(公告)日:1998-08-18

    申请号:US846860

    申请日:1997-05-01

    IPC分类号: F25B41/04 F25B47/02 F25C5/10

    CPC分类号: F25C5/10 F25B41/04 F25B47/022

    摘要: An icemaker incorporating a hot gas bypass system for introducing a supplemental quantity of refrigerant from a condenser into a compressor of the icemaker during a harvest cycle. The system includes a harvest bypass valve disposed in a bypass conduit coupled between an input port of the compressor and the inlet of a remotely disposed condenser. The harvest bypass valve is opened by a system controller of the icemaker during a harvest cycle which allows refrigerant in the condenser to migrate back into the input port of the compressor during the harvest cycle. In this manner, it can be insured that a sufficient quantity of refrigerant is available to carry out the harvest cycle. The adding of a supplemental quantity of refrigerant is further accomplished through a single valve and does not add appreciably to the overall cost or complexity of the icemaker.

    摘要翻译: 一种制冰机,其包括热气旁路系统,用于在收集循环期间将补充量的制冷剂从冷凝器引入制冰机的压缩机。 该系统包括设置在联接在压缩机的输入端口和远程设置的冷凝器的入口之间的旁路管道中的收获旁路阀。 收获旁路阀在收获循环期间由制冰机的系统控制器打开,这允许冷凝器中的制冷剂在收获循环期间迁移回压缩机的输入端口。 以这种方式,可以确保足够量的制冷剂可用于进行收获循环。 通过单个阀进一步实现补充量的制冷剂的添加,并且不会明显地增加制冰机的整体成本或复杂性。

    Ice machine water distribution and cleaning system and method
    5.
    发明授权
    Ice machine water distribution and cleaning system and method 失效
    制冰机配水清洗系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US06311501B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-11-06

    申请号:US09709135

    申请日:2000-11-09

    IPC分类号: F25C100

    摘要: An ice making machine having a water distribution and cleaning system which supplies an evaporator plate assembly with all of the water required during ice making operations and provides all of a cleaning solution to cascade down interior and exterior surfaces of the evaporator plate assembly during a cleaning operation.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有配水和清洁系统的制冰机,其在制冰操作期间向蒸发器板组件供应所需的所有水,并且在清洁操作期间提供所有清洁溶液以逐级降低蒸发器板组件的内部和外部表面 。

    Maintenance and cleaning for an ice machine
    6.
    发明授权
    Maintenance and cleaning for an ice machine 有权
    冰机的维护和清洁

    公开(公告)号:US07204091B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-17

    申请号:US11049007

    申请日:2005-02-02

    IPC分类号: F25C1/00

    摘要: An ice-making machine and method of maintaining and cleaning an ice-making machine are provided. The ice-making machine has predictive maintenance and cleaning. Operational conditions of the ice-making machine, such as, for example, water quality, are used to establish service intervals and/or types of service, and the service intervals and/or types of service are indicated to the user with a lead-time to allow for timely obtaining the service.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种制冰机及其制造方法。 制冰机具有预防性维护和清洁。 使用制冰机的操作条件(例如水质)来建立服​​务间隔和/或服务类型,并且服务间隔和/或服务类型用用户指示给用户, 时间允许及时获得服务。

    Ice making machine, method and evaporator assemblies
    9.
    发明授权
    Ice making machine, method and evaporator assemblies 有权
    制冰机,方法和蒸发器组件

    公开(公告)号:US07540161B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-02

    申请号:US11542813

    申请日:2006-10-04

    IPC分类号: F25C5/08

    摘要: Ice making machine that uses PETD harvest technology, evaporators, ice molds and cooling system. One evaporator makes thin layers of ice that are laminated to form a larger ice piece. Other evaporators include an ice forming surface on a material that has good thermal conductivity for forming ice in a freeze mode and good electrical conductivity to serve as a resistive heater during a harvest mode. One evaporator has a plate and an array of freezing sites that extend above a surface thereof. Another evaporator has a plate that is divided into strips of good and poor thermal conductivity by. Another evaporator has a refrigerant tube that is sandwiched between a pair of corrugated sheets that have ice forming surfaces. Another evaporator has a waffle style pan that is constructed of a dielectric layer sandwiched between a pair of copper layers. Another evaporator forms an ice slab on an inclined flat surface, which after harvest is diced into cubes with a wire grid. A cooling system uses an evaporator to provide a cooling air to an ice mold to form ice and uses PETD energy to harvest the ice and defrost the evaporator.

    摘要翻译: 制冰机采用PETD收割技术,蒸发器,冰模和冷却系统。 一个蒸发器使层叠的冰层形成较大的冰块。 其它蒸发器包括在具有良好导热性的材料上的成冰表面,用于在冷冻模式下形成冰,并且在收获模式期间具有良好的导电性以用作电阻加热器。 一个蒸发器具有在其表面上延伸的板和阵列的冷冻点。 另一个蒸发器有一个板,它被分成良好和差的热导率的条。 另一蒸发器具有夹在具有冰形成表面的一对波纹片之间的制冷剂管。 另一个蒸发器具有由夹在一对铜层之间的电介质层构成的华夫饼盘。 另一个蒸发器在倾斜的平坦表面上形成冰块,收获后将其切成具有线栅的立方体。 冷却系统使用蒸发器来向冰模提供冷却空气以形成冰,并且使用PETD能量来收获冰并除去蒸发器。