Actuator button for test switch of an ice maker

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1996-10-07

1998-07-28

Tapolcai, William E.

Refrigeration

With indicator or tester

Operatively correlated with automatic control

200333, F25B 4900

Patent

active

057848912

ABSTRACT:
A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment in which an ice maker is disposed. The ice maker includes an ice-making container and an operating mechanism for automatically twisting the container to cause ice to fall from the container. The operating mechanism includes a test switch that can be manually actuated to cause the operating mechanism to perform its functions. The test switch includes an electrical contact and a manually actuable button for activating the contact. The button is in the form of a strip formed of one piece with a wall of a case in which the contact is disposed. One end of the strip remains integral with the case wall to create an inherent bias for positioning a free end of the strip in spaced relationship to the contact, in the absence of a separate elastic spring element.

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patent: 3317698 (1967-05-01), Mansfield
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patent: 4359619 (1982-11-01), Bergoltz
patent: 5011728 (1991-04-01), Imae et al.
patent: 5401904 (1995-03-01), Greenier, Jr.

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