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Clear cube ice maker

CA 2114671 C · Owner: Jewell, Roger D. · Inventors: Manson, Larry J.; Frohbieter, Edwin H.; Reck, Andrew C.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An ice maker for use in a domestic refrigerator makes clear ice bodies. The ice maker comprises a support arranged to have an ice body formed thereon. The support is refrigerated to a below-freezing temperature and a container adapted to hold a body of water is moved to move liquid water contained therein uniformly about the support suitable to cause a clear substantially symmetrical ice body to build up outwardly on the refrigerated support.

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  • Filed February 1, 1994 and granted December 16, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 1, 2014.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by February 1, 2016.
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FiledFebruary 1, 1994
GrantedDecember 16, 1997
Term endedFebruary 1, 2014
Patent numberCA 2114671 C
Classification (IPC)F25C1/18 +1 more

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1995199719992001200320052007200920112013Application filedFeb 1, 1994Patent grantedDec 16, 1997Term endedFeb 1, 2014

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