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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Arun Talegaonkar, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel Renz, Louisville, KY (US);
Geoffrey Lee Ranard, Louisville, KY (US);
Bipin N. Shaha, Andra pradesh, IN;
Joseph Thomas Waugh, Louisville, KY (US);
Arun Talegaonkar, Louisville, KY (US);
Daniel Renz, Louisville, KY (US);
Geoffrey Lee Ranard, Louisville, KY (US);
Bipin N. Shaha, Andra pradesh, IN;
Joseph Thomas Waugh, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a refrigerator having a driving assembly and an ice storage bin. The driving assembly is releasably engageable with the ice storage bin. The driving assembly has a motor fork. The ice storage bin supports an axle, to which a coupler is secured. The method includes engaging the motor fork with the coupler secured, rotating the motor fork in a first direction based on a user's input, and rotating the motor fork in a second direction opposite to the first direction for a predetermined time or by a predetermined angle at the end of the user's input.