Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotational ice maker
- Patent Title (中): 旋转制冰机
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Application No.: US13713147Application Date: 2012-12-13
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Publication No.: US09273891B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Patrick J. Boarman , Brian K. Culley
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Main IPC: F25C1/10
- IPC: F25C1/10 ; F25C5/04 ; F25B21/02

Abstract:
An ice maker has an ice mold that includes a metallic piece and an insulated piece. A cooling source is thermally coupled to the metallic piece. A cavity is within the ice mold and has a first reservoir in the metallic piece and a second reservoir in the insulated piece. The first and second reservoirs align to substantially enclose the cavity. An intake aperture in the insulated piece extends to the cavity for receiving water. A drive body rotatably coupled to the ice mold that operates in an ice-making cycle, wherein the drive body repeatedly rotates the mold from an injection position to a tilted position. The cavity receives an incremental amount of water in the injection position and moves to the tilted position to freeze at least a portion of the incremental amount of water over a side surface of the cavity to make an ice piece.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140165621A1 ROTATIONAL ICE MAKER Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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