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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Bangalore, IN;
Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Sanjay Manohar Anikhindi, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator includes a storage tank configured to store a cooling medium. A first heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the storage tank and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to be cooled. An ice mold includes at least one cavity that is configured to retain water therein. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to freeze the water in the ice mold to produce ice.