Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker with self-regulating ice mold and method of operating same
- Patent Title (中): 具有自调冰机的制冰机及其操作方法
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Application No.: US13421909Application Date: 2012-03-16
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Publication No.: US09581373B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Yen Hsi Lin , Cristian A. Soto , Andrew M. Tenbarge
- Applicant: Yen Hsi Lin , Cristian A. Soto , Andrew M. Tenbarge
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Main IPC: F25C5/08
- IPC: F25C5/08 ; F25C1/04

Abstract:
An ice maker of a domestic refrigerator that includes an ice mold having an electrically-conductive polymeric body and a plurality of cavities defined in the polymeric body. Each cavity is sized to receive a quantity of fluid corresponding to a single ice cube. A pair of electrodes is engaged with a bottom surface of the polymeric body. The polymeric body has a first electrical conductivity at a first operating temperature and a second electrical conductivity that is less than the first electrical conductivity at a second operating temperature. The second operating temperature is greater than the first operating temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130239594A1 ICE MAKER WITH SELF-REGULATING ICE MOLD & METHOD OF OPERATING SAME Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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