“The Maximicers have obviously increased the productivity of the machine while reducing heat in the area at the same time. This also resulted in reducing our energy costs and has allowed a quick payoff of this equipment. This is truly a win-win-win situation” Bob C. Yancy | Director of Energy Conservation | Del Valle Independent School District

Patents

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRECHILLING TAP WATER IN ICE MACHINES

Patent Number: 5,379,603
Date of Patent: Jan. 10, 1995

Maximicer is a novel two-stage heat exchanger, which offers increased efficiency in a compact design. This exchanger is especially suited to intermittent flow characteristics of ice machines and drink dispensers. Each time an ice machine harvests ice, the unused cold water (33°F) being circulated in the ice making process is purged and replaced with fresh water which will make the next batch of ice. Maximicer transfers the energy from the cold waste-water going down the drain into the fresh inlet water entering the machine, thus facilitating the ice making process and lowering the head pressures and load requirements of the machine.

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METHOD FOR REDUCING SEDIMENT PRECIPITATION ON HEAT EXCHANGERS SUCH AS WATER PRECHILLERS FOR ICE MACHINES

Patent Number: 5,555,734
Date of Patent: Sept. 17, 1996

This patent employs a method for preventing the build-up of minerals, like calcium carbonate (lime) in heat exchangers. It was discovered that the cause of minerals being deposited in the heat exchanger was a weak electric current passing through the device. Minerals were being precipitated by the weak electric flow. By isolating the coils using non-conductive connectors, the problem was corrected and the minerals stay in solution. Maximicer has now had units in the field for seven years with virtually no mineral deposits forming on any surface.

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRECHILLING AMBIENT WATERS FOR BEVERAGE DISPENSING MACHINES AND ICE MACHINES

Patent Number: 5,987,900
Date of Patent: Nov. 23, 1999

Maximicer utilizes its efficient two-stage heat exchanger to recover energy from ice being melted by drink dispenser cold plates. Beverage dispensers must serve their drinks at a temperature below 40°F or the drinks will taste flat because of poor carbonation. Below 40°F, carbonation improves dramatically with each degree that the temperature is lowered. Maximicer recovers energy from the melted ice and puts it back into the carbonated water leg of the drink dispenser. Since water entering the dispenser is colder, less ice is melted. This means more ice available in critical periods like the lunch crunch. Colder water also means that the drink poured into the cup will be colder, have more carbonation, and have better bite.

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