公开(公告)号：US20140165604A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-19

申请号：US13713283

申请日：2012-12-13

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： PATRICK J. BOARMAN ,  BRIAN K. CULLEY ,  ANDREW D. LTICH ,  MARK E. THOMAS

IPC: F25C1/20 ,  F25B21/04 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25C1/10

CPC classification number: F25C1/20 ,  F25B21/02 ,  F25B21/04 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25B2321/0251 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C5/22

Abstract: An ice maker assembly includes an ice forming plate and a cooling source thermally engaged to a bottom surface of the ice forming plate. The cooling source is configured to freeze water coming into contact with a top surface of the ice forming plate. A containment wall surrounds the top surface of the ice forming plate to define an ice tray that is configured to retain water. An electrical drive body is rotatably coupled to the ice tray and is configured to oscillate the ice-forming plate in a rocking cycle about a transverse axis of the ice tray. A median wall divides the ice tray along the transverse axis into a first reservoir and a second reservoir. The rocking cycle causes water to repeatedly move over the median wall to form layers of an ice piece within each reservoir of the ice tray.

Abstract translation: 制冰机组件包括与冰成形板的底表面热接合的冰形成板和冷却源。 冷却源构造成使与冰成型板的上表面接触的水冻结。 包围壁围绕冰形成板的顶表面以限定被配置为保持水的冰盘。 电驱动体可旋转地联接到冰盘并且构造成围绕冰盘的横向轴线摆动摆动循环。 中间壁沿着横轴将冰盘分成第一储存器和第二储存器。 摇摆周期使水重复地移动到中间壁上，以在冰盘的每个储存器内形成冰块层。