Patent ID: 7913510

Claim:
A refrigerator freezer comprising: a freezer compartment maintained at a temperature below 0° C. and having an insulated freezer compartment door including an inner door panel; a refrigerator compartment maintained at a temperature above 0° C. and having an insulated refrigerator compartment door including an inner door panel; a refrigeration system for cooling the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment; an ice maker support on one of the refrigerator compartment or freezer compartment doors and arranged to support an ice maker spaced from the inner door panel wherein ice cubes harvested from the ice maker can fall into an ice storage bin positioned below the ice maker; and an automatic ice maker arranged to be mounted on the ice maker support comprising: an ice mold with an open top; an ice piece stripper comprising a flexible strip having a plurality of slits forming fingers positioned above a first portion of the ice mold; an ice rake having a plurality of tines rotatably mounted above the ice mold and arranged for the tines to rotate between the plurality of fingers and through the ice mold to carry ice pieces out of the ice mold; and a hood extending above a second portion of the ice mold wherein the ice piece stripper and the hood substantially cover the open top of the ice mold.