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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Jim J. Pastryk, Sawyer, MI (US);
Douglas D. Leclear, Coloma, MI (US);
Nihat Cur, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Marcus R. Fischer, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Tushar Kulkarni, St. Joseph, MI (US);
James C. L. Guarino, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jeffery J. Anselmino, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Jim J. Pastryk, Sawyer, MI (US);
Douglas D. LeClear, Coloma, MI (US);
Nihat Cur, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Marcus R. Fischer, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Tushar Kulkarni, St. Joseph, MI (US);
James C. L. Guarino, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jeffery J. Anselmino, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An ice making and dispensing system suitable for making and dispensing ice through the refrigerator compartment door of a bottom freezer refrigerator. The bottom freezer refrigerator includes an automatic ice maker in an insulated module positioned outside the freezer compartment. The insulated module can be mounted to the exterior of the refrigerator cabinet. An ice cube storage bin can be provided in the insulated compartment or on the inside of the refrigerator compartment door. A passage can connect the insulated module with the ice dispenser on the refrigerator compartment door.