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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Thomas W. Mccollough, Anderson, SC (US);
Russell Watts, Flat Rock, NC (US);
David L. Hall, Piedmont, SC (US);
Cornel Comsa, Anderson, SC (US);
Dennis Schenk, Anderson, SC (US);
Marcelo Candeo, Anderson, SC (US);
Dennis Carl Hansen, Anderson, SC (US);
Thomas W. McCollough, Anderson, SC (US);
Russell Watts, Flat Rock, NC (US);
David L. Hall, Piedmont, SC (US);
Cornel Comsa, Anderson, SC (US);
Dennis Schenk, Anderson, SC (US);
Marcelo Candeo, Anderson, SC (US);
Dennis Carl Hansen, Anderson, SC (US);
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Provided is an ice maker that includes a mold including a plurality of cavities for receiving water to be frozen into ice pieces, a driver operatively connected to the mold for adjusting a position of the mold to a plurality of different locations during an ice making cycle, and a controller. A limit switch is located at a plurality of different positions along a range of travel of the mold to be actuated and transmit a signal indicative of the mold's arrival at the different locations. The mold can travel along path including first portion having a first axis of rotation and a substantially vertical portion, and can be driven by a motor with a drive shaft rotatable about a single axis of rotation. The motor can drive both the mold and a bail arm, and the mold can be leveled upon reaching a predetermined location. The ice maker can perform a Dry Cycle in response to detecting an anomaly during ice making.