EVAPORATOR DEVICE FOR AN ICE MAKER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

An evaporator device for an ice maker with a grid of ice cells (34) in horizontal rows (40) and vertical columns (42). The grid is formed by a plurality of vertical integral structures (50) interleaved with a plurality of vertical partitions (80). Each vertical structure is shaped to form the tops, bottoms and backs of the ice cells of a column. The sides of the ice cells of a column are formed by the vertical partitions to the right and left of a vertical structure. An evaporator tube (36) threads bores (52) and holes (82) in the vertical structures and the vertical partitions. The evaporator tube is expanded to mechanically bond the evaporator tube with the vertical structures and the vertical partitions.