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Method and device for the manufacturing of sculptures made of ice

  • US 5,970,735 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1996
  • Issued: 10/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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