US 11,859,887 B2
Ice making assembly and refrigerator appliance
Qianmao Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Yayu Song, Shanghai (CN); Bo Yan, Shanghai (CN); Jianwu Li, Louisville, KY (US); Xiaoyang Jiang, Shanghai (CN); Lixin Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Jun Teng, Shanghai (CN); and Zhongyang Sun, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 16/866,629
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US); and Qianmao Zhou, Shanghai (CN)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/078015
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/174491, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112446 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 5/04 (2013.01) [F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ice making assembly comprising:
a body comprising an ice mold for receiving and freezing water, the ice mold defining a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes, the first compartment defining a first cube profile, the second compartment being axially-spaced apart from the first compartment and defining a second cube profile, the second cube profile being different from the first cube profile;
an ejector rotatably disposed above the first cube profile and the second cube profile to motivate ice from the first and second compartments; and
an ice bucket disposed below the ice mold, the ice bucket defining a first chamber below the first ice compartment to receive ice therefrom, and a second chamber separated from the first chamber, the second chamber being below the second ice compartment to receive ice therefrom.