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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Claiton Emilio DO Amaral, Joinville, BR;
Marcus R. Fischer, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Marcos Heinzle, Joinville, BR;
Jean Marcelo Ferreira, Joinville, BR;
Luis Fernando Welin, Joinville, BR;
Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Claiton Emilio Do Amaral, Joinville, BR;
Marcus R. Fischer, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Marcos Heinzle, Joinville, BR;
Jean Marcelo Ferreira, Joinville, BR;
Luis Fernando Welin, Joinville, BR;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator having an insulated cabinet and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet having an exterior face including a dispenser cavity. An ice maker in the refrigerated storage space is arranged to make and harvest ice pieces. An ice delivery system on the inside of the door dispenses ice pieces into a dispenser cavity in the exterior face of the door. The ice delivery system can include an ice bin including a generally open top and having a bottom opening pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis below the ice maker. The ice can receive ice pieces harvested by the ice maker and discharge ice pieces through the bottom opening and the ice delivery system in a first position. The ice bin can tilt out to permit access to ice pieces, and can be removed from the ice delivery system, in a second position when the door is open.