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Patent No.:

US 9217599 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2010

Water introduction into fresh-food icemaker

Applicant:

David R. Ducharme, Anderson, SC (US);

Inventor:

David R. Ducharme, Anderson, SC (US);

Assignee:

ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC., Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:

Pearne & Gordon LLP

Primary Examiner:

Allana Bidder

Assistant Examiner:

Orlando Aviles Bosques

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/22 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/18 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 21/04 (2006.01); F25D 21/14 (2006.01); F25C 1/08 (2006.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/065 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25C 5/187 (2013.01); F25D 11/022 (2013.01); F25D 21/04 (2013.01); F25D 21/14 (2013.01); F25B 2700/02 (2013.01); F25C 1/08 (2013.01); F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2500/06 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/12 (2013.01); F25D 23/066 (2013.01); F25D 2317/067 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0651 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0661 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0666 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0681 (2013.01); F25D 2323/021 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01); F25D 2700/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 74/2101 (2015.01); Y10T 74/2107 (2015.01); Y10T 137/85938 (2015.04);
Abstract

Provided is a refrigeration appliance that includes a cabinet defining a compartment for storing food items in a temperature-controlled environment. A refrigeration system is operable to provide a cooling effect to an interior of the compartment, and an ice maker is disposed within the compartment for freezing water delivered from a water source into ice pieces. A nozzle is provided in fluid communication with the ice maker for introducing the water from the water source to the ice maker. The nozzle includes an interior passage through which water is to travel when being delivered to the ice maker, and an outlet through which water being delivered to the ice maker exits the nozzle. An inside diameter of the outlet is greater than an inside diameter at another location of the interior passage.

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