Method and device for eliminating connecting webs between ice cubes

A method of making ice, comprising the steps of:

• advancing a quantity of water to an ice tray so that said quantity of water is unevenly distributed among a plurality of ice forming compartments of said ice tray;
• positioning displacement members within said plurality of ice forming compartments so that a part of said quantity of water is caused to advance from a first number of said plurality of ice forming compartments to a second number of said plurality of ice forming compartments;
• moving said displacement members out of said plurality of ice forming compartments after a period of time;
• reducing the temperature of said water within said ice tray so as to cause said water located within said plurality of ice forming compartments to become a plurality of discrete ice cubes while said displacement members are located out of said plurality of ice forming compartments;
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• moving said displacement members into contact with said plurality of discrete ice cubes so that said plurality of ice cubes are urged out of said plurality of ice forming compartments.

A method of filling an ice tray with a quantity of water, said ice tray having at least (i) a first ice forming compartment defining a first space, (ii) a second ice forming compartment defining a second space, and (iii) a partition member interposed between said first space and said second space, comprising the steps of:

• positioning a first displacement member in said first space, and a second displacement member in said second space;
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• advancing said quantity of water within said ice tray, wherein a water level of said quantity of water located within said ice tray is vertically above at least a part of a top edge of said partition when (i) said first displacement member is positioned in said first space, and (ii) said second displacement member is positioned in said second space, and
• wherein said water level of said quantity of water located in said ice tray is vertically below the entire top edge of said partition when (i) said first displacement member is spaced apart from said first space, and (ii) said second displacement member is spaced apart from said second space.

An icemaker assembly, comprising:

• an ice tray having at least (i) a first ice forming compartment defining a first space, and (ii) a second ice forming compartment defining a second space;
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• an ice ejector positionable at a first position and a second position, said ice ejector having at least (i) a first ejector member, and (ii) a second ejector member, wherein, when said ice ejector is positioned at said first position, (i) said first ejector member is positioned in said first space and in contact with a first quantity of water, (ii) said second ejector member is positioned in said second space and in contact with a second quantity of water, and (iii) said first quantity of water is positioned in fluid communication with said second quantity of water, and
• wherein, when said ice ejector is positioned at said second position, (i) said first ejector member is spaced apart from both said first space and said first quantity of water, (ii) said second ejector member is spaced apart from both said second space and said second quantity of water, and (iii) said first quantity of water is isolated from fluid communication with said second quantity of water.