公开(公告)号：WO2019182723A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：PCT/US2019/019228

申请日：2019-02-22

Applicant: EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： MURGHAM, Haithem ,  MYSZKA, David ,  WYNN, Kyaw

IPC: F25C5/08 ,  F25B31/00 ,  F25B1/04

Abstract: An ice-maker system may be operable in an ice-making mode and in an ice-harvesting mode and may include a working-fluid circuit and an ice mold. The working-fluid circuit may include a compressor, an expansion device, and an ice-making heat exchanger. The expansion device is disposed downstream of the compressor. The ice-making heat exchanger is disposed between the expansion device and the compressor along the working-fluid circuit. The ice mold includes a plurality of pockets configured to receive water from a water-supply conduit when the system is operating in the ice-making mode. The ice mold may be in a heat-transfer relationship with the ice-making heat exchanger. The ice mold may define a channel that receives a warming fluid from a warming-fluid-supply conduit when the system is operating in the ice-harvesting mode. The warming fluid is fluidly isolated from working fluid circulating through the working-fluid circuit.