HYBRID TWIST TRAY ICE MAKER

摘要

An ice maker includes a harvest motor and an ice tray operably coupled to the harvest motor. The ice tray has a plurality of heat sinks coupled to a bottom section of ice forming cavities on the ice tray. The harvest motor is operable to twist the ice tray for causing the plurality of heat sinks to move relative to each other for releasing ice pieces from the ice forming cavities.

主权项

1. An ice tray, comprising:
a flexible structure having discrete ice forming cavities; and a plurality of heat sinks coupled to the flexible structure, each having an upper portion that defines a bottom surface of at least one of the ice forming cavities and a lower portion with at least one member protruding from the upper portion for distributing heat away from the bottom surface.