Automatic ice making device

Abstract

Present invention relates to an automatic system for releasing ice from mold, especially for coupling to a refrigerator for household use, comprising a container coupled by means of a connector to a motor means; said motor means once having been activated, inclines said connector and container and ejects the ice from the container. The system also makes use of an ejection mechanism which has an axis with a cam substantially along the length of said axis, said axis of the ejection mechanism is coupled unto the first end of the base, wherein the plurality of cavities of the base of the container form a contact area with the ejection mechanism.

1 . A system for releasing ice from a mold in a refrigerator comprising:
 a container with a base and a body coupled to each other, the body having a first end and a second end, and the base with a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having a plurality of cavities which extend themselves to the second surface forming projections according to said second surface, the first end of the body has a plurality of apertures which coincide with the projections, each one of the plurality of apertures has a housing;   a connector has a plate with a first face which is coupled to said container and a second face with an axis which extends itself from said second face;   an ejection mechanism which has an axis with a cam substantially along the length of said axis, said axis of the ejection mechanism is coupled to the first end of the base, wherein the plurality of cavities of the base of the container form a contact area with the ejection mechanism; and   a motor means coupled to the second face of the connector by means of its axis, the motor means has a planetary gear system coupled to the ejection mechanism and the axis of the second face of the connector, said motor means capable of inclining said connector and container and driving said ejection mechanism.   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the base and the body of the container are coupled by means of a plurality of male-female elements. 
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of apertures set on the body comprise a first perimeter in the area nearest the first surface, a second perimeter in the intermediary area and a third perimeter in an area furthest removed from the first surface; the third perimeter is greater than the first perimeter and the second perimeter is smaller than the first perimeter. 
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein said plurality of apertures are interconnected by means of channels set on the first surface, in such a way that said housing presents at least two coinciding grooves with the channels set on the interconnection of the plurality of apertures. 
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the body has peripheral skirts which extend themselves from a section of the body, wherein the peripheral skirt has a tab which extends downwardly from said peripheral skirt, said tab has an aperture and wherein said skirt presents a recess in an opposite end to the end at which said tab is found;
 wherein the end of the axis of the ejection mechanism is coupled unto the aperture of the tab.   
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 1 , wherein the plate from the connector has a first end and a second end with an aperture. 
     
     
         7 . The system according to  claim 6 , characterized by the planetary gear system having a protuberance which extends from a front face of the planetary gear system towards the center thereof, wherein said protuberance has an aperture at the center of said protuberance which is coupled unto the aperture of the second end of the connector. 
     
     
         8 . A refrigerator comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 3 . 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 4 . 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 5 . 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 8 , further comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 6 . 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator according to  claim 13 , further comprising an ice factory wherein said ice factory presents the system for releasing ice from the mold of  claim 7 .