Systems and methods of ice making devices
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorMichael William LERMAN
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Abstract
An ice maker can include a first chamber including an outlet and a second chamber coupled to the outlet. The ice maker can also include an extruder removably coupled to the outlet including a plurality of apertures through which ice is directed from the first chamber to the second chamber, the extruder to modify a shape of the ice to be a target shape, the target shape corresponding to a state of the extruder between at least a first state and a second state, and a controller coupled to the extruder, the controller to control the state of the extruder.
Claims20
An ice maker, comprising:
- a first chamber comprising an outlet;
- a second chamber coupled to the outlet;
- an extruder removably coupled to the outlet comprising a plurality of apertures through which ice is directed from the first chamber to the second chamber, the extruder to modify a shape of the ice to be a target shape, the target shape corresponding to a state of the extruder between at least a first state and a second state;
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- a controller coupled to the extruder, the controller to control the state of the extruder.
An ice maker comprising:
- a first chamber comprising an inlet to receive water and an outlet;
- a second chamber comprising an inlet coupled to the outlet;
- a die structure comprising a plurality of apertures and a plurality of dies located between the first chamber and the second chamber, each of the plurality of dies comprising a portion of the plurality of apertures, each portion of the plurality of apertures having a different shape;
- an auger disposed in the first chamber, the auger to drive ice material from freezing of the water in the first chamber to the second chamber through the plurality of apertures, the plurality of apertures to form a plurality of ice forms;
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- a controller coupled to the die structure, the controller to control a position of each of the plurality of dies such that the position of each of the plurality of dies corresponds to a shape of the plurality of ice forms.
An ice making system, comprising:
- a kit comprising a first die and a second die, the first die and the second die to receive ice material driven by an auger and extrude the ice material as one or more ice structures, the first die and the second die being interchangeable to control a target shape of the one or more ice structures;
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- an ice shaper facing at least one of the first die or the second die, the ice shaper to cause the one or more ice structures to break into pieces of ice based on the target shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.