(19)
(11) EP 2 730 864 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.11.2016 Bulletin 2016/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.05.2014 Bulletin 2014/20

(21) Application number: 13173613.4

(22) Date of filing: 25.06.2013
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F25C 5/00(2006.01)
F25C 1/04(2006.01)
F25C 5/04(2006.01)
F25C 5/06(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 07.11.2012 US 201213670510

(71) Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
Benton Harbon MI 49022 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Visin, Jerold M.
    Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (US)

(74) Representative: Nicholls, Michael John 
J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Refrigerator having ice maker with flexible ice mold and method for harvesting ice


(57) A household refrigerator includes an ice maker. The ice maker has an ice mold. The ice mold is made from a thin flexible material, such as stamped aluminum. The ice mold includes ice forming compartments and a rotatable member with fingers for removing ice pieces from the ice compartments as the rotatable member is rotated. The rotatable member also includes a cam projection that contacts and flexes the ice mold as the rotatable member is rotated to at least partially break a bond between the ice pieces and the ice forming compartments.







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