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Ice maker with specifically positioned drive unit, household refrigeration apparatus and method for assembling an ice maker

US11209201B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Prashantagouda Hosamani · Ulm, DE
Robert Stahl · Herbrechtingen, DE
Mathias Sigl · Herbrechtingen, DE
Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez · Knoxville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2018
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25C2500/02
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ice maker for a household refrigeration apparatus has a housing with an opening, through which ice is transportable from an interior of the housing out of the housing, a flap, which is movably arranged in the housing and adjustable for closing or opening the opening, and a drive unit, which is coupled to the flap by a coupling device of the ice maker, to move the flap. The drive unit is formed as a separate module and the entire module of the drive unit is arranged adjacent to the opening in the housing.

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