Patent ID: 8528356

Claim:
An ice making assembly comprising: a mold configured for forming an ice cube, the mold having a base, a side wall attached to the base, and an opening where the ice cube is dispensed from the mold, the opening spaced from the base; an auger for removing the ice cube from the mold, the auger having a shaft with a proximal end outside of the mold, a distal end within the mold, and a central section between the distal end and the proximal end and extending through the opening, the auger being sufficiently spaced from the side wall so that the ice cube fauns within the side wall and base, the auger further having a threaded portion configured for moving the formed ice cube out of the mold through the opening via rotation of the auger; wherein, the mold defines an inner width and the auger defines an outer width, the inner width of the mold being at least twice as large as the inner width of the auger so that the ice cube forms between the mold and the auger; the mold further includes at least two dividing walls, the at least two dividing walls positioned on the side wall of the mold for forming gaps within the ice cube, the at least two dividing walls extending through the opening of the mold toward the proximal end of the shaft.