Patent ID: 8096142

Claim:
A refrigerator freezer comprising: a freezer compartment maintained at a temperature below 0° C. and having an insulated freezer compartment door; a refrigerator compartment maintained at a temperature above 0° C. and having an insulated refrigerator compartment door; a refrigeration system for cooling the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment; an automatic ice maker mounted on one of the refrigerator compartment door and the freezer compartment door comprising; an ice mold and a heater for the ice mold, wherein the ice maker is rotatably mounted for movement to a first position for filing the ice mold with water and for forming ice cubes and to second substantially inverted position for harvesting ice cubes; a temperature sensor arranged to determine when ice cubes are frozen and to initiate operation of the heater and to cause the automatic ice maker to rotate to the second position; and a substantially fixed ice rake positioned above the ice mold when the ice maker is in the first position and arranged to engage ice cubes in the ice mold as the ice maker is rotated to the second position.