公开(公告)号：US20160334157A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-17

申请号：US15152300

申请日：2016-05-11

Applicant: True Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Inventor： John Allen BROADBENT ,  Paolo MORRO

IPC: F25D29/00 ,  F25C5/00

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.

Abstract translation: 用于形成具有制冷系统的冰的制冰机，水系统和控制系统。 制冷系统包括压缩机，冷凝器和蒸发器。 水系统包括一个水过滤器和一个储水池，用于将水保持在冰中。 控制系统包括控制器，其适于确定基线冻结时间，基线收获时间和/或初始制冰循环周期之后的基线灌注时间，并且进一步适于比较随后的收获时间，冻结时间和/或 填充时间到基线冻结，收获和/或填充时间，以确定制冰机是否需要维护。 如果控制器确定制冰机需要维护，控制器可以将通知推送到连接到制冰机的便携式电子设备。