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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Bernd Heger, Haunsheim, DE;
Thomas St Quintin, London, GB;
Craig Duncan Webster, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Nathan Wrench, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Bernd Heger, Haunsheim, DE;
Thomas St Quintin, London, GB;
Craig Duncan Webster, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Nathan Wrench, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ice maker comprises a tray (), which has at least one compartment () for molding a piece of ice, a frame (), in which the tray is mounted to be pivotable about an axis (), and a motor () for driving the pivot movement of the tray, which motor is mounted at the frame () to be adjacent to the tray () and transversely offset relative to the axis.