1-10. (canceled)
11. An ice maker comprising:
a mold in which water is frozen to form ice bodies;
a rotatable ejector having a central ejector shaft and plurality of radial arms for ejecting ice bodies from said mold;
a drive for rotatably driving said ice ejector, said drive including a drive motor and a plastic gear wheel rotatably driven by said drive motor; and
a drive coupling between said gear wheel and ejector shaft that includes a plastic sleeve and a plastic shaft section, said shaft section having an end positionable into said sleeve and mechanically coupled thereto for transmitting torque therebetween as an incident to rotary driven movement of said gear wheel, and a metallic collar positionable in tight fitting relation over said sleeve for enhancing torque transmission through said drive coupling without damage to said plastic sleeve and plastic shaft section.
12. The ice maker of claim 11 in which said sleeve is formed with a plurality of torques transmitting lugs, and said shaft section is formed with a plurality of recesses for receiving said torque transmitting lugs.
13. The ice maker of claim 12 in which said torque transmitting lugs extend axially from an end of said sleeve.
14. The ice maker of claim 111 in which said sleeve is integrally formed on said gear wheel.
15. The ice maker of claim 14 in which said shaft section has a pair of legs that extend from end thereof through said sleeve into engaging relation to a side of said gear wheel opposite said sleeve.
16. The ice maker of claim 111 including a storage container for storing ice bodies ejected from said mold, a sensing arm having a free end for sensing the level of ice in said storage container, and said shaft section is a cam shaft separate from said ejector shaft, said cam shaft having a vertical cam for actuating movement of said sensing arm, said cam shaft having an end opposite the end positionable into said sleeve mechanically coupled in coaxial relation to said ejector shaft for transmitting torque therebetween.
17-49. (canceled)
50. An ice maker comprising:
a mold in which water is frozen to form ice bodies;
a rotatable ejector having a central ejector shaft and plurality of radial arms for ejecting ice bodies from said mold;
a drive for rotatably driving said ice ejector, said drive including a drive motor and a plastic gear wheel rotatably driven by said drive motor; and
a drive coupling between said gear wheel and ejector shaft that includes a plastic sleeve and a plastic shaft section, said shaft section having an end positionable into said sleeve and mechanically coupled thereto for transmitting torque therebetween as an incident to rotary driven movement of said gear wheel, and a collar positionable in tight fitting relation over said sleeve for enhancing torque transmission through said drive coupling without damage to said plastic sleeve and plastic shaft section.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a main portion having a lateral surface;
a connection port disposed on the lateral surface;
an identification symbol disposed on the lateral surface; and
a light source disposed within the main portion and being operable to emit light through the identification symbol so as to project a pattern of the identification symbol on an external surface.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the main portion further comprises a top surface, the top surface comprising a second identification symbol.
3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the second identification symbol is a transparent pattern on the top surface.
4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the identification symbol is a transparent pattern on the lateral surface.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the identification symbol is an opaque pattern on the lateral surface.
6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the light source is a light emitting diode.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a notebook computer, a desktop computer or a tablet computer.