Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator with an automatic compact fluid operated icemaker
- Patent Title (中): 带有自动压缩流体操作的制冰机的冰箱
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Application No.: US12007314Application Date: 2008-01-09
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Publication No.: US08037697B2Publication Date: 2011-10-18
- Inventor: Douglas David LeClear , Andrew Michael Tenbarge , Guolian Wu , Jon Donald Tromblee
- Applicant: Douglas David LeClear , Andrew Michael Tenbarge , Guolian Wu , Jon Donald Tromblee
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Agent John W. Morrison; Kirk W. Goodwin
- Main IPC: F25C5/06
- IPC: F25C5/06 ; F25C1/00 ; A23G9/00

Abstract:
An icemaker for a refrigerator having a cabinet with a refrigerated compartment and an unrefrigerated machine compartment includes a body portion formed with an inlet, an outlet and an opening. A flexible mold is positioned in the opening. A water supply is positioned to provide water to the flexible mold. A fluid supply circuit, including a pump mounted in the machine compartment, a first fluid conduit connected between the pump and the inlet, and a second fluid conduit connected to the outlet, provides warm fluid to the body portion. The icemaker forms ice during an ice production cycle and the fluid warmed in the machine compartment is used to partially melt and aid in releasing the ice which is then deposited in a ice storage bin during a harvest cycle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090173089A1 Refrigerator with an automatic compact fluid operated icemaker Public/Granted day:2009-07-09
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