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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
May. 07, 2020
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Qianmao Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Yayu Song, Shanghai, CN;
Qianmao Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Bo Yan, Shanghai, CN;
Lixin Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Jun Teng, Shanghai, CN;
Xiaoyang Jiang, Shanghai, CN;
Jin Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Robert Charles Pfaffinger, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An ice bucket for a refrigerator appliance, includes a bucket body; an auger provided inside the bucket and including an auger shaft rotatable about a first shaft axis and a collet at a first end of the auger shaft and including an axially beveled surface formed circumferentially around the auger shaft; and an agitator provided in the bucket in mechanical communication with the auger, the agitator including an agitator shaft rotatable about a second shaft axis non-parallel to the first shaft axis, a plurality of first tines extending radially from the agitator shaft within the bucket body to engage ice therein, and a projection that extends perpendicularly from the agitator shaft opposite the plurality of tines. The projection engages with the axially beveled surface to oscillate the agitator.