Patent ID: 7340913

Claim:
An ice machine having an ice making assembly, the ice making assembly comprising: (a) an ice-forming mold; (b) a water distributor positioned above the ice-forming mold, the water distributor including a trough having an inner wall and an outer wall, the outer wall having a series of weirs in an upper edge and a plurality of channels in a bottom edge, wherein the series of weirs regulates a flow of water thereover; (c) a mating member overlying the trough and spaced apart from the outer wall, the mating member having a plurality of cut outs in a bottom edge thereof, wherein the plurality of cut outs cooperate with the plurality of channels to form water outlet openings; and (d) a housing supporting the trough and the mating member and having a spillway positioned below the water outlet openings, wherein the spillway includes a plurality of flutes configured to provide a generally even distributed water stream over the ice-forming mold.