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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Ronald E. Cole, Greenwood, IN (US);
Dennis D. Tremblay, Geneva, IL (US);
Ronald E. Cole, Greenwood, IN (US);
Dennis D. Tremblay, Geneva, IL (US);
Nidec Motor Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An icemaker assembly includes an ice tray having at least one ice forming compartment. The ice forming compartment includes (i) a first planar lateral side surface, (ii) a second planar lateral side surface, and (iii) an arcuate bottom surface between the first lateral side surface and the second lateral side surface. The first planar surface and the second planar surface are positioned relative to each other so that (i) the first planar lateral side surface is spaced apart from the second planar lateral side surface at a downstream end of the ice forming compartment by a distance Drelative to the ejection path of movement, (ii) the first planar lateral side surface is spaced apart from the second planar lateral side surface at an upstream end of the ice forming compartment by a distance Drelative to the ejection path of movement, and (iii) Dis greater than D