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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Eric K. Watson, Crestwood, KY (US);
Omar Haidar, Louisville, KY (US);
Matthew William Davis, Prospect, KY (US);
Ronald Scott Tarr, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric K. Watson, Crestwood, KY (US);
Omar Haidar, Louisville, KY (US);
Matthew William Davis, Prospect, KY (US);
Ronald Scott Tarr, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for cooling an icemaker is disclosed. The icemaker includes an ice mold body having a channel for transport of coolant and a plurality of ice cavities. The method includes the steps of injecting a coolant into the channel, adding water to the ice cavities, forming ice cubes in the ice cavities, removing coolant from the channel, heating the ice mold body, and ejecting the ice cubes from the ice mold body. The removal step is performed by reversing direction of a coolant pump.