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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Schenectady, NY (US);
Walter Whipple, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Timothy Scott Shaffer, LaGrange, KY (US);
William Merritt Nall, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Eayre Bruce Voorhees, Sloansville, NY (US);
Steven Paraszczak, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Schenectady, NY (US);
Walter Whipple, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Timothy Scott Shaffer, LaGrange, KY (US);
William Merritt Nall, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Eayre Bruce Voorhees, Sloansville, NY (US);
Steven Paraszczak, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.