ROTATIONAL ICE MAKER

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An ice maker comprising:
an ice mold that includes a first piece removably engaged with a second piece; a spherical cavity within the ice mold, wherein the first and second pieces align to substantially enclose the cavity; an aperture in the mold that extends into to the cavity for injecting water into the cavity; a thermoelectric device thermally engaged with the second piece for freezing water in the cavity; an electrical drive body rotatably coupled with the ice mold that is configured to rotate the mold from an injection position to a tilted position, wherein the cavity receives water in the injection position, and wherein the mold rotates at least 45 degrees from the injection position to the tilted position to freeze water on a side portion of the cavity; and a storage bin positioned to receive an ice piece formed in the cavity when the first and second pieces disengage to release the ice piece.