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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2006
Patrick A. Braun, Newburgh, IN (US);
James Foster Dasher, Evansville, IN (US);
Terry Eugene Goldman, Evansville, IN (US);
Dennis Jan Staley, Princeton, IN (US);
John Charles Meadway, Newburgh, IN (US);
Patrick A. Braun, Newburgh, IN (US);
James Foster Dasher, Evansville, IN (US);
Terry Eugene Goldman, Evansville, IN (US);
Dennis Jan Staley, Princeton, IN (US);
John Charles Meadway, Newburgh, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigeration appliance is provided with a freezer compartment accessible through an openable door, the freezer compartment extending between two side walls. An ice bin is slidably mounted in the freezer compartment occupying a width of the freezer compartment, less than a full width between the two side walls. A food storage compartment is slidably mounted in the freezer compartment with at least a portion horizontally adjacent to the ice bin, and slidable independently of the ice bin. A non-contact ice level sensing apparatus having an emitter component and a receiver component is provided, with one of the components mounted between the ice bin and the food storage compartment and the other of the components mounted on an opposite side of the ice bin from the food storage compartment.