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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Alan Joseph Mitchell, Louisville, KY (US);
Ansuraj Seenivasan, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/18 (2006.01); F25C 1/04 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/04 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 2700/121 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance has a dispenser conduit that defines an inner volume. An inlet of the inner volume is positioned adjacent a nugget style ice maker, and an outlet of the inner volume is positioned adjacent a dispenser recess. The dispenser conduit has a projection that extends from an inner surface of the dispenser conduit into the inner volume of the dispenser conduit at the outlet of the inner volume.