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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Hankscraft Inc., Reedsburg, WI (US);
Inventor:
Ryan M. Subera, Reedsburg, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hankscraft, Inc., Reedsburg, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2006.01); F25C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/187 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/12 (2013.01); Y02P 60/855 (2015.11);
Abstract
A control system for an automatic icemaker including an icemaker module and a control module. The icemaker module includes a DC motor to drive rotation of a twist-type ice cube tray. The control module incorporates an integrated circuit with a programmable digital microprocessor for controlling the functions of the icemaker module. The control module accesses AC power and converts the AC power to DC power for powering a DC motor, an integrated circuit, and a microprocessor.