Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausgeraete Gmbh

Markus Hanichl

Klaus Flinner

Bernd Heger

Peter Nalbach

Martin Buchstab

Irene Dumkow

Gerald Schmidt

Jürgen Diebold

Günter Raubold

Martin Schweyer

A device for removing condensation from an ice duct of an ice dispenser for a refrigerator. The device may include a flap, which is arranged to seal an output opening of the ice dispenser and a controller for the flap, which is designed to move the flap between a closed position, in which the inner side of the flap contacts the edge of the outlet opening and a dispensing position in which the flap is withdrawn from the edge of the outlet opening to permit the dispensing of ice cubes. Further, the controller is designed to open the flap after expiry of a first time period, during which the flap is not moved by the action of a user or by the controller and to close the flap after expiry of a second time period.

Ice dispenser with automated flap opening

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Heidenheim, Germany

Markus Hanichl