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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Dennis D. Tremblay, Geneva, IL (US);
Michael Duhack, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Laurence S. Slocum, Mooresville, IN (US);
Dennis D. Tremblay, Geneva, IL (US);
Michael DuHack, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Laurence S. Slocum, Mooresville, IN (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An icemaker assembly includes an ice tray has at least one ice forming compartment and an ice ejector having at least one ejector member. The ice ejector is operable to (i) stir water located within the at least one ice forming compartment with the at least one ejector member during a first mode, and (ii) urge ice out of the at least one ice forming compartment with the at least one ejector member during a second mode. A method of making ice comprises an operating an ice ejector of an icemaker in a first mode of operation step and an operating an ice ejector of an icemaker in a second mode of operation step. During the first mode of operation step, a plurality of ejector members of the ice ejector are respectively advanced through water located within a plurality of compartments of an ice tray of the ice maker during cooling of the water in the ice tray. In the second mode of operation step, the plurality of ejector members are respectively advanced into contact with ice formed within the plurality of ice forming compartments so that the ice is urged out of the plurality of ice forming compartments.