Ice maker of the endless flexible belt type

Claim 1

A PELLET FREEZING INCLUDING MEANS ENCLOSING A COMPARTMENT CONTAINING A GAS, AN ENDLESS BELT LOCATED IN SAID COMPARTMENT, SAID BELT CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF RECEPTACLE, DRIVING MEANS AT ONE END OF THE BELT FOR MOVING THE BELT AND SUPPORT MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BELT PROVIDING UPPER AND LOWER PASSES WITH THE RECEPTACLES UPRIGHT IN THE UPPER PASS AND INVERTED IN THE LOWER PASS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A LIQUID TO BE FROZEN TO SAID RECEPTACLES, MEANS FOR COOLING THE GAS IN SAID COMPARTMENT SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE FREEZING POINT OF SAID LIQUID, AND A GUARD EXTENDING BENEATH A MAJOR PORTION OF THE LOWER PASS AND AROUND A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF ONE END OF THE BELT DIRECTLY ADJACENT THE OUTER FACE OF THE BELT FOR HOLDING THE FROZEN SURFACE OF THE LIQUID IN THE RECEPTACLES FOR PROLONGING THE HOLDING OF THE FROZEN SURFACE IN THE RECEPTACLES UNTIL THE LIQUID IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY FROZEN.