Patents Assigned to Edward E. Chavez
  • Recirculating water purification system
    Patent number: 5927099
    Abstract: Energy and water consumption of a commercial icemaker are greatly reduced by capturing the excess water running off the freezer plates and mixing it with new water to provide a pre-chilled water supply to the freezer plates. The resulting decrease in water demand makes practical the filtration of the new water by reverse osmosis to keep the recirculating water free of pathogens, and to reduce maintenance of the freezer plates by largely eliminating dissolved mineral contaminants from the new water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Edward E. Chavez
    Inventor: Robert S. Bosko