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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Guolian Wu, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/18 (2006.01); F25B 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/18 (2013.01); F25B 21/04 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0251 (2013.01); Y02P 60/855 (2015.11);
Abstract
An ice making apparatus for an appliance includes a housing that has an interior volume and an ice tray horizontally suspended across the interior volume that is configured to retain water. The ice making apparatus also includes a heat pump thermally coupled to a bottom surface of the ice tray. The heat pump is configured to freeze water in the ice tray and expel heat. A heat transfer device is configured to move heat expelled by the heat pump to an upper portion of the interior volume.