Abstract: An ice-making machine includes an ice-forming mold in a food zone of the ice-making machine; a refrigeration system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator in thermal contact with said ice-forming mold, thus producing a combined evaporator and ice-forming mold; and a bulkhead wall separating an equipment compartment from the food zone. A bulkhead space is located between the bulkhead wall and the combined evaporator and ice-forming mold. The bulkhead space is part of the food zone. Air in contact with ice being formed by the ice-making machine can circulate to the bulkhead space. A source of antimicrobially active gas and an air circulation system that causes the antimicrobially active gas to circulate through the bulkhead space. In use, the antimicrobially active gas flows though the bulkhead space to thereby distribute the antimicrobially active gas throughout the bulkhead space, thus inhibiting growth of microbiological contaminates.

Abstract: An ice machine includes a water curtain configured to minimize the flow of water into an ice bin underneath the ice machine. The water curtain is positioned adjacent to the front surface of an ice-forming mold and includes a body having a wide section and a narrow section. The wide section has hinge members therein so that the water curtain can swing away from the ice-forming mold during ice harvesting. The water curtain has a tongue at the bottom of the narrow section that is turned toward the ice-forming mold. Sidewalls of the water curtain extend toward the ice-forming mold. The sidewalls have indentations such that the narrow section is spaced inward from machine frame members adjacent to the sidewall when the water curtain is in a rest position.

Abstract: An ice machine includes a water curtain configured to minimize the flow of water into an ice bin underneath the ice machine. The water curtain is positioned adjacent to the front surface of an ice-forming mold and includes a body having a wide section and a narrow section. The wide section has hinge members therein so that the water curtain can swing away from the ice-forming mold during ice harvesting. The water curtain has a tongue at the bottom of the narrow section that is turned toward the ice-forming mold. Sidewalls of the water curtain extend toward the ice-forming mold. The sidewalls have indentations such that the narrow section is spaced inward from machine frame members adjacent to the sidewall when the water curtain is in a rest position.