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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Ashok Kumar Sannasi, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott Russell King, Prospect, KY (US);
Ramesh Janardhanam, Louisville, KY (US);
Lorina June White, Louisville, KY (US);
James Armstrong, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel Stephen Renz, Louisville, KY (US);
Anthony Cooper, Louisville, KY (US);
Ashok Kumar Sannasi, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott Russell King, Prospect, KY (US);
Ramesh Janardhanam, Louisville, KY (US);
Lorina June White, Louisville, KY (US);
James Armstrong, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel Stephen Renz, Louisville, KY (US);
Anthony Cooper, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ice maker assembly includes, in an exemplary embodiment, an ice bucket that has a bottom wall, opposing side walls extending from the bottom wall, a front wall, and a back wall. The bottom wall, side walls, front wall, and back wall define an ice collection cavity. The ice bucket also includes a plurality of ribs extending from the bottom wall into the ice collection cavity, and a rotatable auger extending between the front and back walls.