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A system for disinfecting water in an ice-making machine having a water inlet for receiving an incoming stream of water, a supply of recirculating water, a reservoir for containing the supply of recirculating water, a transport conduit for transporting water from the reservoir, and an evaporator pla

A system for disinfecting water in an ice-making machine having a water inlet for receiving an incoming stream of water, a supply of recirculating water, a reservoir for containing the supply of recirculating water, a transport conduit for transporting water from the reservoir, and an evaporator plate which receives water from the transport conduit and over which at least one of the incoming stream and the recirculating supply can flow to form ice. The system comprises a device for treating at least one of the incoming stream and the recirculating supply in the transport conduit before the water from either flows over the evaporator plate.

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[ What is claimed is:] [12.] A method for making ice with treated water, comprising the steps of:providing an incoming stream of water to an ice-making machine having a water inlet for receiving an incoming stream of water, a supply of recirculating water, a reservoir for containing said supply, a p

[ What is claimed is:] [12.] A method for making ice with treated water, comprising the steps of:providing an incoming stream of water to an ice-making machine having a water inlet for receiving an incoming stream of water, a supply of recirculating water, a reservoir for containing said supply, a pump for pumping water from the reservoir a transport conduit for transporting pumped water from the reservoir to an evaporator plate, the evaporator plate receives water from the transport conduit and over which at least one of said incoming stream and said recirculating supply of water can flow to form ice, water flowing from the evaporator plate is received in the reservoir for recirculation;exposing at least one of the incoming stream of water and the recirculating supply to a disinfectant treatment means being disposed in operational relationship to the transport conduit between the pump and the evaporator plate so that all water passing through the conduit is treated just prior to at least one of the stream and the supply flowing over said evaporator plate; andchilling and freezing a portion of at least one of said incoming stream and said recirculating supply to make a supply of ice on said evaporator plate. [21.] The method of claim 12 wherein said treatment means comprises at least one filtration device. [22.] The method of claim 21 wherein said at least one filtration device incorporating anti-bacterial materials selected from the group consisting of hollow fibers, membrane material, halogenated resin, silver-carbon, copper and zinc.