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US 9,316,425 B2Granted
Ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorAlan Joseph Mitchell
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Abstract
An ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The ice making assembly includes a mold body and an ejector. The ejector has a shaft with a central axis that is offset from an axis of rotation of the ejector. The ejector also has a plurality of tines for sweeping through mold volumes of the mold body. Each tine has an arcuate bottom surface.
Claims19
An ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- a mold body defining a plurality of mold volumes for forming ice cubes therein;
- an ejector having a pair of supports and a shaft, the shaft of the ejector extending between the pair of supports such that a central axis of the shaft is offset from an axis of rotation of the pair of supports, the ejector also having a plurality of tines mounted to the shaft of the ejector, each tine of the plurality of tines positioned at a respective one of the plurality of mold volumes of the mold body, each tine of the plurality of tines having an arcuate bottom surface;
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- a plurality of stripper tines positioned at a top portion of the mold body, each stripper tine of the plurality of stripper tines positioned between a respective pair of the plurality of tines of the ejector.
1 more element
An ice making assembly for an appliance, the ice making assembly defining an axial direction, a radial direction and a circumferential direction, the ice making assembly comprising:
- a mold body defining a plurality of mold volumes for forming ice cubes therein, the mold volumes of the plurality of mold volumes distributed along the axial direction;
- an ejector having a pair of supports and a shaft, the shaft of the ejector extending between the pair of supports along the axial direction such that a central axis of the shaft is offset from an axis of rotation of the ejector along the radial direction, the ejector rotatable about the axis of rotation, the ejector also having a plurality of tines mounted to the shaft of the ejector, each tine of the plurality of tines rotating into a respective one of the plurality of mold volumes of the mold body during rotation of the ejector about the axis of rotation, each tine of the plurality of tines having an arcuate bottom surface that extends along the circumferential direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.