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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
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
A method of forming ice in a refrigerator is disclosed. The method includes cooling a first storage compartment to a first temperature, cooling a second storage compartment to a second temperature, cooling an interior volume defined in a door to a third temperature, wherein the door permits and impedes access to the second storage compartment, operating a fan disposed in the interior volume to circulate cool air through the interior volume, and cooling water to form ice in the interior volume.