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An ice cube maker in which a generally vertically disposed array of fins including first fins extending laterally outwardly from one side of a central vertical plane and second fins extending outwardly from the other side of the plane is disposed over an open top tank to which a predetermined volume

An ice cube maker in which a generally vertically disposed array of fins including first fins extending laterally outwardly from one side of a central vertical plane and second fins extending outwardly from the other side of the plane is disposed over an open top tank to which a predetermined volume of water supplied at the beginning of an ice-making operation in the course of which water from the tank is fed to a distributor over the tank so as to fall downwardly into the fins which are cooled to form ice. When water in the tank reaches a predetermined low level the ice is harvested by heating the fins to permit the ice to falls into a bin below the array. In response to movement of ice into the bin a new cycle is initiated.

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Ice cube forming apparatus including in combination, respective first and second generally vertically disposed water barriers of thermally insulating material located on opposite sides of a central vertical plane, a generally vertically disposed array of fins of thermally conductive material, said a

Ice cube forming apparatus including in combination, respective first and second generally vertically disposed water barriers of thermally insulating material located on opposite sides of a central vertical plane, a generally vertically disposed array of fins of thermally conductive material, said array including a first plurality of fins extending outwardly from a first side of said plane through said first barrier and terminating at a predetermined distance from the other side of the first barrier to provide a plurality of discrete first freezing elements around which ice may form and a second plurality of fins extending outwardly from a second side of said plane through said second barrier and terminating at a predetermined distance from the other side of the second barrier to provide a plurality of discrete second freezing elements around which ice may form, means for distributing water over the portions of said fins on the other sides of said barriers, means disposed between said barriers for cooling said fins during an ice-forming period to cause cubes of ice to from on said fins, and means for harvesting said cubes at the end of said ice-forming period.