Appliance ice making assembly
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorAlan Joseph Mitchell
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Abstract
A method of operating an ice maker appliance includes determining, with a home position sensor, that a portion of an ice making assembly of the ice maker appliance is in a home position and rotating the portion of the ice making assembly from the home position towards a harvest position. The method also includes determining, with a harvest position sensor, that the portion of the ice making assembly did not reach the harvest position. In response to determining that the portion of the ice making assembly did not reach the harvest position, the method includes directing a flow of air to the portion of the ice making assembly, which causes ice in the portion of the ice making assembly to be vaporized.
Claims20
A method of operating an ice maker appliance, the method comprising:
- determining, with a home position sensor, that a portion of an ice making assembly of the ice maker appliance is in a home position;
- rotating the portion of the ice making assembly from the home position towards a harvest position;
- determining, with a harvest position sensor, that the portion of the ice making assembly did not reach the harvest position;
- and
- directing a flow of air to the portion of the ice making assembly in response to determining that the portion of the ice making assembly did not reach the harvest position, whereby ice in the portion of the ice making assembly is vaporized.
An ice maker appliance, comprising:
- an ice making assembly;
- and
- a controller, the controller configured for:
- determining, with a home position sensor, that a portion of the ice making assembly is in a home position;
- rotating the portion of the ice making assembly from the home position towards a harvest position;
- determining, with a harvest position sensor, that the portion of the ice making assembly did not reach the harvest position;
- and
- directing a flow of air to the portion of the ice making assembly in response to determining that the portion of the ice making assembly did not reach the harvest position, whereby ice in the portion of the ice making assembly is vaporized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.