US 12,345,458 B2
System and method for controlling crystallized forms of water
Krishnan Thyagarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Christopher Somogyi, Wimberley, TX (US)
Assigned to XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,939.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035725 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F25C 1/22 (2018.01); A23B 2/60 (2025.01); A23B 2/80 (2025.01)
CPC F25C 1/22 (2013.01) [A23B 2/60 (2025.01); A23B 2/80 (2025.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); F25C 2400/12 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming crystallized forms of water, comprising:
maintaining water in a container;
determining an identity of the water via one of machine learning, utilizing a look up table, and provided by a user;
applying a field to the water;
maintaining the water in liquid form at a below freezing temperature via the applied field; and
creating movement of the water in liquid form out of the container in which the water in maintained, wherein ice is formed from the water upon movement from the container.