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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Mathias Sigl, Herbrechtingen, DE;
Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Knoxville, TN (US);
Julio Cesar Schmidt, Knoxville, TN (US);
Marco Marques, Knoxville, TN (US);
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An ice maker for mounting into a household cooling appliance, the ice maker includes an ice producer for producing ice; a storage container for storing ice; a driving unit for driving the storage container, the driving unit having a drive housing; and an air duct formed in the drive housing. The air duct has an air duct outlet configured in a front wall of the drive housing which faces towards the storage container and an air duct inlet provided in a side wall of the drive housing which faces towards the ice producer. A fan is arranged in the air duct. The fan generates an air stream from the ice producer to the storage container through the air duct.