Patent ID: 7273990

Claim:
An ice storage detection switch for detecting an ice level in an ice storage chamber of an ice making machine, the ice storage detection switch comprising: a switch case equipped with a reed switch and fixed in the ice storage chamber of the ice making machine; a switch lever having a magnet and movably fitted to the switch case; a magnet lever rotatably fitted to the switch lever, for holding a magnet so that the magnet is located in a vicinity of the reed switch when the switch lever is not pressed; and a projecting portion formed on the switch case to be located between a rotational center of the magnet lever and the reed switch, the ice level in the ice storage chamber being detected in accordance with a change in a clearance between the reed switch and the magnet, the magnet separating from the reed switch through abutment of the magnet lever on the projecting portion and rotation of the magnet lever when the switch lever is pressed by ice in the ice storage chamber.