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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water pan for a fountain type ice maker having strength endurable at forced separation time from an ice making chamber, and having strength of not receiving undesirable deformation at molding time. SOLUTION: Two strips of horizontal ribs 22a and 22b extending over the whole width of the water pan so as to sandwich a plurality of linearly aligned clearance holes 15, are arranged in a part in the vicinity of a water pan tip part 10b for receiving operation force of a water pan tilting mechanism on the reverse of the water pan 10. Since the horizontal ribs extend from the reverse of the water pan up to a plane for regulating an under surface of the water pan, the strength of the water pan increases, and the occurrence of strain is eliminated at molding time so that clearance between the water pan existing in a horizontal closing position and the ice making chamber is uniformly held at a proper distance. The water pan tilting mechanism can be simplified according to an increase in the strength. This water pan may have a plurality of vertical ribs 23a to 23d for connecting the mutual horizontal ribs, and these vertical ribs can also extend from the reverse of the water pan up to the plane for regulating the under surface of the water pan. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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