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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Jeffery J. Anselmino, St. Joseph, 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);
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);
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 and ice cube storage bin can be positioned in an insulated module in the refrigerator compartment opposite an ice dispenser positioned on the refrigerator compartment door. The insulated module is maintained at temperatures below 0° C. for forming and storing ice cubes. Air ducts from the evaporator compartment or an auxiliary ice maker evaporator can be provided to maintain below 0° C. temperatures in the insulated module.