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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Patrick J. Boarman, Evansville, IN (US);
Brian K. Culley, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/20 (2006.01); F25C 5/04 (2006.01); F25B 21/02 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01); F25C 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/04 (2013.01); F25B 21/02 (2013.01); F25C 1/10 (2013.01); F25C 1/20 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25C 2305/022 (2013.01); F25C 2500/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ice-making apparatus for an appliance having a housing with an interior volume and an ice tray horizontally suspended in the interior volume. The ice tray has a cold plate with a top surface and a bottom surface and a containment wall surrounding an edge portion of the cold plate to retain water. A cooling source is thermally coupled to the bottom surface of the cold plate. An intake conduit extends into the interior volume over the ice tray and is configured to draw ambient air into the interior volume over the ice tray, and the ambient air is above freezing.