US Patent Issued to BLUENIX on March 25 for "Cleaning device of auger-type ice maker and auger-type ice maker including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,169, issued on March 25, was assigned to BLUENIX Co. Ltd. (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Cleaning device of auger-type ice maker and auger-type ice maker including the same" was invented by Doo Ha Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Seung Jin Shin (Siheung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auger-type ice maker includes an ice generator including an ice making tube, an auger installed coaxially within the ice making tube, and a refrigerant pipe wound spirally around and fixed to an outer surface of the ice making tube to be in close contact therewith, an ice compressor connected to an upper portion of the ice generator, the ice...