Refrigeration – Processes – Congealing flowable material – e.g. – ice making
Patent
1997-06-10
1998-11-24
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Processes
Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making
62233, F25C 112
Patent
active
058392866
ABSTRACT:
An ice making mechanism includes a tray for receiving water to be frozen into ice bodies, a sensor for determining whether the water is frozen, to initiate an ice-ejecting mode, a motor for rotating the tray to perform the ice-ejecting mode, a switching mechanism for indicating a state of the ice-ejecting mode, and a switch actuating structure driven by the motor for changing a state of the switches during the ice-ejecting mode. A state of the switching mechanism is detected in response to the supplying of electrical power to the ice making mechanism, to determine whether the tray is in an initial upright position. If it is determined that the tray is not in the initial upright position, an ice-ejecting mode is initiated. A time period is counted beginning from the initiation of the ice-ejecting mode, and the state of the switching mechanism is monitored to determine whether and when that state changes. The ice-ejecting mode is stopped when the state of the switching mechanism has not changed within a reference time period.
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Samsung Electronics Co,. Ltd.
Tapolcai William E.
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