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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2008
Laura E. Flores, Nuevo Leon, MX;
Michael A. Heaven, Coralville, IA (US);
Bruce A. Kopf, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Joseph M. Nurre, Marion, IA (US);
Laura E. Flores, Nuevo Leon, MX;
Michael A. Heaven, Coralville, IA (US);
Bruce A. Kopf, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Joseph M. Nurre, Marion, IA (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a refrigerator housing, a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator housing, a door for providing access to the fresh food compartment, and an ice bin at the door, the ice bin having a window for viewing an ice level within the ice bin. An ice storage bin includes an ice storage bin body having an insulated front, a back, a bottom, opposite sides, and an open top, and a first window pane and a second window pane positioned at the front of the ice storage bin to allow for viewing the ice level within the ice storage bin. There may be an air gap between the first window pane and the second window pane.