Ice maker with rotating ice mold and counter-rotating ejection assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8408016
APP PUB NO 20110259037A1
SERIAL NO

12768303

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An ice maker includes an ice mold and a sweeping element. The ice mold includes a plurality of cavities and is configured to be rotatable about an axis that is spaced apart from the cavities and extends longitudinally with respect to the ice mold. The sweeping element is configured to be rotatable about the axis and includes a shaft with a plurality of fingers radially extending from the shaft. Each of the fingers is configured to extend into a corresponding one of the cavities upon rotation of the shaft about the axis. During a harvesting step, the ice mold is configured to rotate in a first direction about the axis while the sweeping element is configured to rotate in a second direction about the axis that is opposite the first direction.

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ELECTROLUX CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC10200 DAVID TAYLOR DRIVE CHARLOTTE NC 28262

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arvia, Aaron Anderson, US 2 16
McCollough, Thomas Woodrow Anderson, US 1 11
Young, Edward M Williamston, US 1 11

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