Most old ice trays I've seen have a handle that lays flat on top of the form. When the cubes have frozen, lifting the handle up and back will loosen them, and then the entire assembly will lift out of the tray and leave the cubes behind. This would be under ideal circumstances, which I don't think have ever existed for me.
Today I spotted a pair of Frigidaire trays but they had no handles. The form had some sort of spring-loaded arrangement and I'm thinking there must be a tool that attaches to the form and serves the same purpose as the handle described above. Can anyone advise on this? Are they to be used with a bin that has the corresponding extraction mechanism on it? I recall that system on my aunt's early 60's Frigidaire with the big flat square charcoal grey (I think) door handles. I think the trays are useless without a way to loosen up the cubes, so I didn't get them.
Today I spotted a pair of Frigidaire trays but they had no handles. The form had some sort of spring-loaded arrangement and I'm thinking there must be a tool that attaches to the form and serves the same purpose as the handle described above. Can anyone advise on this? Are they to be used with a bin that has the corresponding extraction mechanism on it? I recall that system on my aunt's early 60's Frigidaire with the big flat square charcoal grey (I think) door handles. I think the trays are useless without a way to loosen up the cubes, so I didn't get them.
