coil 57 fig1 to heat the underside of the ice mold 28 the thermal cut off unit 60 is provided to cut power to the high wattage heating coil 57 in the event that the high wattage heating coil 57 malfunctions during a malfunction the high wattage heating coil 57 remains on creating a temperature rise outside normal operating parameters and potentially cause a fire by igniting the refrigerator liner in normal operation the water in the cavities 42 is frozen the heating coil 57 turned on and the motor engaged to release ice cubes the motor moves the ejector arm 54 to rotate the fingers 56 through notches in the ice stripper 62 to engage the ice and remove them from the ice mold 28 the ice stripper 62 prevents ice from reentering into the ice mold 28 the ejector arm 54 returns to its starting position after two revolutions and engages a switch which indicates that water may again fill the ice mold 28 as seen in the fig2 the ice stripper 62 has a small strip skirt 63 the strip skirt 63 slides upon a longitudinal rail of the ice mold 28 the strip skirt 63 permits the side of the ice mold 28 to be exposed for heat transfer this is in sharp contrast to the prior art which had a skirt that extended substantially down along the side of the icemaker and consequently heat exchange.