Patent ID: 8661841

Claim:
An ice making assembly comprising: a support; an outer mold rotatably mounted to the support, the outer mold having a base at a bottom portion of the outer mold and a side wall attached to the base, the side wall defining an opening at a top portion of the outer mold such that the side wall extends vertically between the base of the outer mold and the opening of the outer mold; an inner mold non-rotatably fixed to the support and extending through the opening of the outer mold such that the inner mold is at least partially positioned within the outer mold, the base of the outer mold and the inner mold configured for forming an ice cube thereon; an auger having a shaft with a proximal end fixed to the base of the outer mold, a distal end outside of the outer mold, and a central section between the proximal end and the distal end and extending through the opening, the auger having a threaded portion, the auger configured for lifting the ice cube out of the outer mold through the opening of the outer mold; and a motor for rotating the side wall of the outer mold, the base of the outer mold and the auger relative to the support and the inner mold, the inner mold configured to prevent the ice cube from rotating with the side wall and base of the outer mold and the auger, the auger thereby moving the ice cube out of the outer mold and the inner mold through the opening of the outer mold.