An ice maker may include an assembly frame, an ice tray, a cam, a splash cover, and a biasing spring. The ice tray may define a cell for receipt of water for freezing and may be rotatably attached to the assembly frame to rotate about an axial direction. The cam may be attached to the ice tray and extend along the axial direction. The splash cover may be slidably attached to the assembly frame in mechanical communication with the cam to move between an elevated position and a lowered position according to a rotational position of the cam. The biasing spring may be disposed on the splash cover and urge the splash cover to the lowered position.

An ice maker assembly is provided that includes an ice maker. A mounting plate is positioned within an ice maker receiving space. The mounting plate defines a plurality of engagement features extending into the ice maker receiving space. A rail system is disposed on opposite sides of the ice maker receiving space. An ice storage bin is removably positioned within the ice maker receiving space. The ice storage bin comprises an ice bin wall positioned on an ice bin base. An auger assembly is disposed through the ice bin base. A latch is slidably disposed along a bottom surface of the ice bin base. The latch includes a plurality of retention features that cooperate with the engagement features. Horizontal movement of the latch causes vertical motion of the ice storage bin.

According to the invention, there is provided a mould 10 which includes a separator base 12 and walls 14 extending from opposing sides 16.1 and 16.2 of the base 12 which, together with the base 12, are arranged to define a plurality of moulding zones 18 for receiving liquid (not shown) to be moulded therein.

An ice machine (100), a fault handling method and fault handling apparatus of the ice machine, and a refrigeration device (1000). The ice machine (100) includes an ice machine body (10), an ice making tray (20) located in the ice machine body, a heating assembly (40), and an ice stirring assembly (30) for stirring out ice made in the ice making tray (20). The fault handling method for the ice machine (100) includes: determining whether a fault happens to the ice stirring assembly (30); and if a fault happens to the ice stirring assembly (30), controlling the heating assembly (40) to carry out heating according to a preset target temperature, wherein there are multiple present target temperatures and the multiple present target temperatures are sequentially increased. A fault of an ice stirring assembly (30) is automatically removed by means of a heating treatment mode of gradually raising a heating temperature multiple times, the method and apparatus moving simply and quickly, wherein the satisfaction degree of users is improved.

An ice making system includes: a tank that stores a medium to be cooled; an ice making machine that cools the medium and makes ice; a pump that circulates the medium between the tank and the ice making machine; a de-icing mechanism that performs a de-icing operation of heating and melting the medium in the ice making machine; and a control device that controls operations of the ice making machine, the pump, and the de-icing mechanism. The ice making machine includes: a cooling chamber in which the medium is cooled; a blade mechanism that rotates in the cooling chamber and disperses the ice; a detector that detects a locked state of the blade mechanism; and a first temperature sensor that is disposed at a discharge port of the cooling chamber and detects a temperature of the medium discharged from the cooling chamber.

An icemaker for a refrigerated appliance is provided. The icemaker includes an ice tray having a plurality of ice-forming compartments and a duct for directing chilled air operably coupled with a diverter. The diverter includes a base having first and second sides and defining a plurality of variously sized slots. A centerline of the base is aligned with a centerline of the ice tray. At least one spacing portion extends between two of the plurality of variously sized slots. A plurality of fins extend away from a top surface of the base.

Disclosed herein are a refrigerator includes an ice storage, a transfer member, a transfer motor coupled to the transfer member, and a controller configured to control the transfer motor to rotate the transfer member in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction, wherein the transfer member prevents the ice cubes stored in the ice storage from agglomerating by rotating in the first rotation direction and the second rotation direction. The controller warns a user of agglomeration of the ice cubes stored in the ice storage in response to no rotation of the transfer motor sensed.

An ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance includes a resilient silicone mold defining a mold cavity and a lifter mechanism positioned below the resilient mold for selectively deforming the mold and raising the ice cubes formed therein. A sweep assembly is positioned over the resilient mold and moves to an extended position after the cubes are raised to discharge the ice cubes at a top of the ice making assembly. A fill cup is positioned above the resilient mold for selectively filling the mold cavity with water and a heating element in thermal communication with the fill cup for selectively heating the fill cup to prevent ice jams or clogging.

A refrigerator (2) comprising: a cabinet (8); a compartment (14) formed inside the cabinet (8) and having an open front portion; a compartment door (26) movably connected to said cabinet (8) for closing at least partially said open front portion of said compartment (14); an ice maker assembly (70), arranged inside said compartment (14), comprising an ice maker (76), said ice maker comprising (76) an ice maker casing (82), a water tank (86) and a water filter (90), said ice maker assembly (70) being accessible inside said compartment (14) when said compartment door (26) is in open position, wherein said ice maker assembly (70) comprises a support housing (150) arranged below said ice maker casing (82) to receive said water tank (86) and water filter (90) such that said ice maker casing (82) and support housing (150) are provided as respective modules.

A control method of a refrigerator includes: determining whether a first temperature of a refrigerating compartment satisfies a first temperature condition; based the first temperature satisfying the first temperature condition, determining whether a second temperature of a freezing compartment satisfies a second temperature condition; based on the second temperature satisfying the second temperature condition, determining (i) whether a third temperature of an ice making compartment satisfies a third temperature condition and (ii) whether a driving time for ice making has passed; maintaining operation of a compressor while determining (i) whether the second temperature satisfies the second temperature condition, (ii) whether the third temperature satisfies the third temperature condition, and (iii) whether the driving time has passed; and stopping operation of the compressor based on at least one of (i) a determination that the third temperature satisfies the third temperature condition or (ii) a determination that the driving time has passed.