Ice cube producing unit
AssigneeConcept-Factory Ivs
InventorKim Jensen
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Abstract
An ice cube producing unit comprising an ice cube tray having at least two ice cube compartments, a lid which is suitable for being mounted on the tray to seal water or other liquid inside said at least two ice cube compartments. Said ice cube producing unit further comprises a displacing arrangement connecting the tray and the lid and having two positions: a first position where the lid is held in a position where it abuts the ice cube tray to seal the contents of the at least two ice cube compartment inside the compartment and a second position where the lid is held in a position where it is separated from the tray so that ice cubes formed in the tray can leave the tray.
Claims18
1-50. (canceled)
An ice cube producing unit comprising:
- an ice cube tray having at least two ice cube compartments;
- a lid for selective mounting on the ice cube tray to seal a liquid inside the at least two ice cube compartments;
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- a displacing arrangement connecting the tray and the lid, wherein the displacing arrangement has:
- a first position where the lid abuts the ice cube tray to seal the contents of the at least two ice cube compartment inside the compartment;
- and a second position where the lid is separated from the ice cube tray so that ice cubes formed in the ice cube tray can leave the ice cube tray.
An ice cube producing unit according to claim 1, wherein the lid is arranged with ice cube holding means which enhances the hold between the lid and a frozen ice cube formed in the tray.
A handheld ice cube dispensing unit comprising:
- a. a housing suitable for holding at least three ice cubes;
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- b. a dispensing mechanism arranged at one end of the housing, said dispensing mechanism comprising:
- i. a first opening,
- ii. a second opening arranged underneath the first opening
- iii. a first cover element suitable for covering the first opening,
- iv. a second cover element suitable for covering the second opening,
- v. the first cover element being spaced from the second cover element with a distance greater than or equal to the size of an ice cube,
- vi. a displacement mechanism arranged to displace the first and second cover elements,
- vii. said displacement mechanism comprising two positions, a first position where the first cover element covers the first opening and the second cover element does not cover the second opening and a second position where the first cover element does not cover the first opening and where the second cover element covers the second opening.
A sealed ice cube tray unit comprising:
- an ice cube tray having at least two ice cube compartments;
- a removable lid which is arranged on said ice cube tray to individually seal the contents of the at least two ice cube compartments;
- a filling opening arranged in a wall of the ice cube tray, said filling opening having a central axis with a vector component which is perpendicular to the average direction of motion of an ice cube formed in the tray when the ice cube is removed from the tray;
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- a removable plug placed inside the filling opening such that water arranged inside the ice cube tray cannot exit the tray through the filling opening, said plug being arranged such that it completely fills the volume of the filling opening which is arranged outside a plane comprising a vector which starts at the outermost edge of the filling opening and points in the direction of an average direction of motion of the ice cube when the ice cube is removed from the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.