Abstract: A method of assembling a rigid wire element for driven rotational movement including attaching a rotational element to a drive means with the rotational element having a transverse bore therethrough slightly larger in diameter than the rigid wire element diameter. A pivot element is located spaced from the rotational element and has an aperture slightly larger in diameter than the rigid wire element diameter. The rigid wire is formed having at one end thereof a relatively straight portion having at one end an integrally formed stop element and at the opposite end a terminal end portion formed at an acute angle relative to the straight portion. The opposite end of the rigid wire element has a U-shaped portion having two legs interconnected by a center section.

Abstract: An icemaker comprising a freezer mold having an ice piece forming cavity, ice ejecting means including means to release the ice piece from the cavity and a pad mechanism for raising the ice piece from said cavity to a position above the top of the cavity, a sweep pivotally supported above the mold for movement from a first position rearward of the cavity to a second position overlying the cavity for engaging and sweeping the raised ice piece from the mold. There is included drive means for rotating a drive element in one direction and then in the opposite direction. A torsion spring is arranged to store energy during movement of the sweep from its first position to its second position. There are means coupling the drive element to the sweep to drivingly engage the sweep and move the sweep from the first position to the second position and for coupling the torsion spring to the sweep to return the sweep from the second position to the first position upon release of the stored energy.