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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Louisville, KY (US);
Matthew William Davis, Prospect, KY (US);
Krzysztof Struminski, Louisville, KY (US);
Wayne Lawson, LaGrange, KY (US);
Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Louisville, KY (US);
Matthew William Davis, Prospect, KY (US);
Krzysztof Struminski, Louisville, KY (US);
Wayne Lawson, LaGrange, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus includes a door configured to permit and prohibit access to an interior volume of a storage compartment of the refrigerator, the door defining therein a door interior volume; a fan disposed in the door interior volume; and a mold disposed in the door interior volume and configured to receive water and to retain the water during freezing of the water into ice.