TH19252U - The system produces bagged ice by cooling the inside of the ice bag while simultaneously cooling the outside of the ice bag. - Google Patents

Abstract

Page 1 of 1. Summary of the Invention: This system produces bagged ice by combining internal and external cooling of the ice bags. It consists of a main system: an external cooling system for the ice bags. An additional internal cooling system is incorporated by adding a heat exchanger into the ice bags. This heat exchanger uses a cooling source from brine within a brine pond, or it can use another cooling source outside the brine pond. This system, combining internal and external cooling, increases production efficiency, reduces production time, and saves electricity in the production of bagged ice.

Claims (2)

Page 1 of 1. Claims. 1. The system for producing bagged ice involves cooling inside the ice bag in conjunction with cooling outside. The ice bag consists of a brine reservoir (4), an ice bag (5), and an evaporator (50). The brine reservoir (4) holds brine, and inside the brine reservoir (4) is an ice bag (5) which receives water to produce ice. The ice bag (5) is cooled by the brine inside the brine reservoir (4), with the evaporator (50) installed inside the brine reservoir (4) cooling the brine. The brine has a unique characteristic: a heat exchanger (11) is installed inside the ice bag (5), which exchanges heat inside the ice bag (5), causing the temperature inside the ice bag (5) to drop. 2. The system for producing bagged ice involves cooling inside the ice bag in conjunction with cooling outside the ice bag, as per claim 1, where a heat exchanger (11) exchanges heat through a connecting pipe that connects from the brine well (4) to pump No. 1 (41), which pumps brine from the brine well (4) through the connecting pipe into the heat exchanger (11). The brine then flows through the connecting pipe out of the heat exchanger (11) back into the brine well (4) again, thus recirculating the brine back into the system. At the connecting pipe between the brine well (4) and pump No. 1 (41), there is a valve No. 1 (31), which is an automatic valve that opens and closes the flow of brine. At the connecting pipe between the ice bag (5) and the brine well (4), there is a valve No. 2 (32), which is an automatic valve that opens and closes the flow of brine. 3. The system for producing bagged ice by cooling inside the ice bag in conjunction with cooling outside the ice bag, according to claim 1, where the heat exchanger (11) exchanges heat through a number of connecting pipes that connect the heat exchanger (11) to the chiller (20) located outside the brine pool (4), and there is a valve (33) which is an automatic valve that opens and closes the flow of water inside the connecting pipes that flow from the chiller (20) to the heat exchanger (11). 4. The system for producing bagged ice by cooling inside the ice bag in conjunction with cooling outside the ice bag, according to claim 3, where the chiller (20) uses chemicals and water for cooling.