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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Wayne E. Lawson, LaGrange, KY (US);
Daniel S. Renz, Louisville, KY (US);
Arun Madhav Talegaonkar, Louisville, KY (US);
Geoffrey Lee Ranard, Louisville, KY (US);
Wayne E. Lawson, LaGrange, KY (US);
Daniel S. Renz, Louisville, KY (US);
Arun Madhav Talegaonkar, Louisville, KY (US);
Geoffrey Lee Ranard, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for breaking ice clumps in a refrigerator. The apparatus includes an ice storage bin, an axle rotatably supported by an ice storage bin, an actuator operatively coupled to the axle and an ice breaker operatively coupled to the actuator. The ice breaker moves in a reciprocal manner upon the driving of the axle and the actuator. Such reciprocal movement of the ice breaker breaks ice clumps in the storage bin.