公开(公告)号：US20210262718A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US16800477

申请日：2020-02-25

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Daniel W. Burlingham ,  Chao-Yi Chen ,  Milind Devle ,  Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni ,  Mahalingappa Mulimani ,  E. C. Pickles ,  Richard A. Spletzer ,  Yan Zhang ,  Benjamin G. Jimenez ,  Vishal S. Marathe

IPC: F25C5/20 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D17/04

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet structure having a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. An evaporator is positioned in the freezer compartment within an evaporator housing. A door is pivotally coupled to the cabinet structure for selectively providing access to the refrigerator compartment and includes an ice maker. A duct assembly includes an ice maker feed duct operably coupled to the evaporator housing at a first end, and further coupled to the ice maker at a second end. The duct assembly further includes an ice maker return duct operably coupled to the ice maker at a first end and further coupled to the evaporator housing at a second end. First and second fans are provided in-series, wherein the first fan provides cooled air to the freezer compartment, and the second fan provides cooled air from the first fan to the ice maker during an ice making cycle.