US Patent Issued to TRUE MANUFACTURING on Sept. 1 for "Sanitary evaporator assembly" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,795, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TRUE MANUFACTURING Co. INC. (O'Fallon, Mo.).

"Sanitary evaporator assembly" was invented by Kevin Knatt (St. Louis) and Edward Hartman (Wentzville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker evaporator assembly having an evaporator pan with a back wall and left, right, top and bottom sidewalls extending from the back wall, and a freeze plate located within the evaporator pan. Refrigerant tubing is thermally coupled to the back wall of the evaporator pan opposite the left, right, top and bottom sidewalls. A first layer of insulation is formed on the refrigerant tubing. An evaporator housing...