Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.

Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd.

Joshna Konudula

Andrew Reinhard Krause

Sharath Chandra

Allamneni Naga Tejaswini

Koncha Chandra Sekhar

A refrigerator appliance and ice dispenser is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, an ice maker attached to the cabinet, a dispenser recess defined on the refrigerator appliance, and a dispenser conduit disposed within the dispenser recess. The dispenser conduit may include a chute wall. The chute wall may define an ice passage, one or more fluid inlets, a manifold channel, and one or more fluid outlets. A fluid inlet may be positioned radially outward from the ice passage in fluid communication with a fluid source selectively supplying a fluid flow thereto. The manifold channel may extend within the chute wall about at least a portion of the ice passage. The manifold channel may be in downstream fluid communication with the fluid inlet. A fluid outlet may be defined through the chute wall in downstream fluid communication with the manifold channel.

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Hyderabad Telangana, India

Joshna Konudula