Ice piece ejection mechanism for icemaker

Details Ice piece ejection mechanism for icemaker Ice piece ejection mechanism for icemaker

1988-09-28

1989-06-13

Tapolcai, William E.

Refrigeration

Automatic control

By congealed removable product condition

62353, F25C 508

Patent

active

048380261

ABSTRACT:
An icemaker including a freezer mold having a plurality of cavities along the longitudinal central axis of the mold in which water is to be frozen to form ice pieces with a crescent shape with a flat side and an arcuate side joined to form two opposite edge portions and having a first half and a second half. An ice piece ejector is rotatable in only one direction and has an axle along the longitudinal central axis of the mold. An ice piece ejector guide is located above the cavities longitudinally along the mold and has a resilent forward portion which is spring biased. The guide and rotating ejector cooperate to move the ice pieces above the cavities between the guide and axle of the rotating ejector to move the forward poriton of the guide against the spring bias with the first half of the ice piece and subsequently eject the ice pieces from the icemaker by squeezing the second half of the ice piece between the axle and spring biased forward guide portion to exert propellent force on the ice pieces in the direction of movement of the ice pieces.

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