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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Luis E Prada, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62344 ; 141358 ; 312236 ; 312301 ;
Abstract
An ice dispenser storage assembly for use in a freezer compartment of a refrigerator including a motor-driven ice dispenser. There is provided a cover secured to the inside of the freezer compartment and an ice storage receptacle movable from a first ice storage position to a second ice transfer position along and below the cover. Provision is made to stop the ice storage receptacle in the second ice transfer position and provision to energize the ice dispenser when the ice storage receptacle is in the second position and deenergize the ice dispenser when the ice storage is not in the second position.