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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2001
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Schenectady, NY (US);
Steve Paraszczak, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lorina June White, Louisville, KY (US);
Martin Scott Mershon, Louisville, KY (US);
Scott Russell King, Prospect, KY (US);
Samuel Vincent DuPlessis, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and access door. An icemaker is disposed in the freezer compartment. An upper hopper is disposed inside the freezer door below the icemaker, and includes a rotary auger and first and second ice ports below opposite ends thereof. A receptacle is disposed outside the freezer door below the upper hopper, and a lower hopper is disposed inside the freezer door below the receptacle. A chute joins the second port of the upper hopper to the lower hopper for storing ice cubes therein.