Ice piece ejection mechanism for icemaker

An icemaker comprising:

• a freezer mold having a front wall and a back wall with a plurality of partitioned walls disposed within the mold to define 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,
• a stripper member disposed longitudinally along the front wall of the mold,
• means for ejecting the ice pieces from the mold including an ejector rotable in only one direction and having an axle along the longitudinal central axis of the mold,
• an ice piece ejector guide having a rear portion portion secured to the back wall of the mold and located above the cavities longitudinally along the mold, and a resilient forward portion movable from a first position to a second position and extending laterally from the back wall of the mold past the axle of the rotating ejector and spaced from the rotating ejector axle a distance less than the maximum thickness of the ice pieces when in its first position and a distance equal to the maximum thickness of the ice pieces when in its second position, and
• means for spring biasing the forward portion of the ejector guide when it is moved to its second position, said ejector guide and rotating cooperating to move the ice pieces above the cavities between the ejector guide and axle of the rotating ejector to move the forward portion of the ejector guide from its first position to its second spring biased position with the first half of the ice pieces and subsequently eject the ice pieces from the icemaker by squeezing the second half of the ice pieces 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.