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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Frank W. Maglinger, Evansville, IN (US);
J. Pastryk Jim, Sawyer, MI (US);
Douglas D. Leclear, Coloma, MI (US);
Marcus R. Fischer, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Nihat Cur, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Tushar Kulkarni, St. Joseph, MI (US);
James C. L. Guarino, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jeffery J. Anselmino, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Frank W. Maglinger, Evansville, IN (US);
J. Pastryk Jim, Sawyer, MI (US);
Douglas D. LeClear, Coloma, MI (US);
Marcus R. Fischer, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Nihat Cur, 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 ice maker is positioned in an insulated sub-compartment in the refrigerator compartment maintained at a temperature below 0° C. An insulated ice cube storage bin and ice dispenser are positioned on the refrigerator compartment door for dispensing ice cubes through the face of the refrigerator compartment door.