Patent ID: 7628031

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 positioned on one of the refrigerator compartment door and the freezer compartment door comprising: an ice mold; a flexible ice piece stripper positioned above a first portion of the ice mold having a plurality of slits forming a plurality of fingers; an ice rake having a plurality of tines rotatably mounted above the ice mold and arranged for the tines to rotate through the plurality of slits 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.