TWIST HARVEST ICE GEOMETRY

摘要

An ice maker assembly includes an ice making apparatus for an appliance with an ice making tray having a water basin formed by a metallic ice forming plate and at least one perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from a top surface of the ice forming plate. The ice making tray also has a grid with at least one dividing wall. The at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall and the top surface of the ice forming plate form at least one ice compartment having an upper surface and a lower surface. An ice body is formed in the at least one ice compartment. Moreover, the at least one perimeter sidewall and the at least one dividing wall form a draft angle with the top surface of the ice forming plate, of about 17° to about 25° degrees.

主权项

1. An ice making apparatus for an appliance comprising:
a metallic ice forming plate having a perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from a top surface of the metallic ice forming plate to define a water basin; a grid having a perimeter edge wall and a dividing wall juxtaposed on the metallic ice forming plate and defining a plurality of ice compartments; and a containment wall extending above the grid and the top of the upwardly extending perimeter sidewall of the metallic ice forming plate, the containment wall having an elongated slot extending across a lower portion of the containment wall and receiving therein the upwardly extending perimeter sidewall of the metallic ice forming plate, and wherein the perimeter edge wall abuts a lower portion of the containment wall, and wherein the perimeter edge wall of the grid and the dividing wall of the grid form a draft angle with the top surface of the metallic ice forming plate.