Patent ID: 7013654
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. A method of making ice, comprising: advancing water into an ice tray of an icemaker assembly and positioning displacement members within a plurality of ice forming compartments of said ice tray while said water advances into the plurality of ice forming compartments so that for a period of time both said water filling said plurality of ice forming compartments and said displacement members are simultaneously located within said plurality of ice forming compartments so a portion of said water advancing into said plurality of ice forming compartments is displaced; moving said displacement members out of said plurality of ice forming compartments after said period of time so that said water in said plurality of ice forming compartments drops to a level lower than a level at which the water was when the displacement members were located in said plurality of ice forming compartments as water advanced into the compartments; reducing the temperature of said water within said ice tray so as to cause said water at said lower level located within said plurality of ice forming compartments to become a plurality of discrete ice cubes while said displacement members are located out of said plurality of ice forming compartments; and moving said displacement members into contact with said plurality of discrete ice cubes so that said plurality of ice cubes are urged out of said plurality of ice forming compartments.