Patent ID: 9500398
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: F25B,F25C,F25D

Claim Text:
1. An ice making apparatus for an appliance comprising: an ice making tray comprising: a metallic ice forming plate with a top surface and a bottom surface, a perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from the top surface of the ice forming plate, wherein the ice forming plate and the perimeter sidewall form a water basin, a bottomless grid with a perimeter edge wall and at least one dividing wall, wherein the bottomless grid is comprised of the perimeter edge wall and the at least one dividing wall which rests on the metallic ice forming plate; and a containment wall extending substantially above the top of the bottomless 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; wherein the perimeter edge wall of the bottomless grid and the at least one dividing wall of the bottomless grid, the containment wall and the top surface of the ice forming plate form at least one ice compartment having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a height therebetween; wherein an ice body is formed in the at least one ice compartment; and wherein the perimeter edge wall of the bottomless grid and the at least one dividing wall of the bottomless grid form a draft angle with the top surface of the ice forming plate of about 17 degrees to about 25 degrees.