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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Charles R. Cravens, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/22 (2006.01); F25C 5/02 (2006.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01); F25C 5/06 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2006.01); C22C 38/40 (2006.01); C22C 38/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/06 (2013.01); C22C 38/08 (2013.01); C22C 38/40 (2013.01); F25C 2400/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clad metal ice forming tray assembly for a refrigerator is disclosed. The ice forming tray includes a clad metal comprised of at least a first alloy sheet and a second alloy sheet different from the first and having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The tray also includes ice recesses stamped in the clad bi-metal.