Method and device for the manufacturing of sculptures made of ice
First Claim
1. Process for the production of ice figures for decorative and ornamental purposes characterized byat least two cup shaped components (19) per ice figure (20) being formed in a cooling surface (16), which has been cooled to below the freezing point of water, whereby water in excess quantity is brought into contact with the cooling surface (16) and then in part solidifies there in such a way that the ice layer forming grows away from the cooling surface (16);
- andby the cup shaped components (19) being separated from the cooling surface and melted flat at at least one part of the exposed surface (14) and being joined together by the melted surfaces, and the meltwater being cooled back down to below the freezing point of water with additional water used if required as a bonding agent, so that single-piece ice figures (20) are produced.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for producing ice figures as well as a device for this purpose. A device in accordance with invention (901) is provided with at least two cooling bodies (905, 906) facing one another, and these are washed by water inside a container (902). The cooling bodies are cooled to below the freezing point of water by means of a refrigeration compressor (904) using coolant so that ice layers (918, 919) form on each cooling body (905, 906), and grow onto one another and then contact one another, so that the two ice layers freeze together, so that a single-piece ice figure is produced, where the completion of the single-piece ice figure is detected for example with a sensor (922). Once the single-piece ice figure is completed it is detached from the cooling bodies (905, 906) and removed. By means of the detection of completion of the single-piece ice figure the whole process can be automated so that a process and also a device for serial production of single-piece ice figures in large runs is made available.
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9 Claims
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1. Process for the production of ice figures for decorative and ornamental purposes characterized by
at least two cup shaped components (19) per ice figure (20) being formed in a cooling surface (16), which has been cooled to below the freezing point of water, whereby water in excess quantity is brought into contact with the cooling surface (16) and then in part solidifies there in such a way that the ice layer forming grows away from the cooling surface (16); - and
by the cup shaped components (19) being separated from the cooling surface and melted flat at at least one part of the exposed surface (14) and being joined together by the melted surfaces, and the meltwater being cooled back down to below the freezing point of water with additional water used if required as a bonding agent, so that single-piece ice figures (20) are produced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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