| US 7,386,992 B2 | ||
| Ice maker and dispenser for a bottom mount refrigerator | ||
| Joseph R. Adamski, Pasadena, Calif. (US); Jason Colsch, Shellsburg, Iowa (US); Tim L. Coulter, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); Glenn E. Goetz, East Amana, Iowa (US); Steven G. Herndon, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); Todd E. Kniffen, Williamsburg, Iowa (US); Bill J. Koons, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); Lou Montuoro, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); John H. Tenhundfeld, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US); David Thalacker, Fairfax, Iowa (US); and Brett Vladika, Milwaukee, Wis. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 02, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/421,802. | ||
| Application 11/421802 is a continuation of application No. 11/236126, filed on Sep. 27, 2005. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/613241, filed on Sep. 27, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0201189 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25C 5/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—344 [62/353] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A bottom mount consumer refrigerator comprising:
a freezer compartment having a freezer door;
a fresh food compartment located above the freezer compartment, the fresh food compartment having a fresh food door, the fresh
food door including a dispensing opening for dispensing ice;
an ice compartment located substantially within the fresh food compartment and being sealed and insulated from the fresh food
compartment;
an ice maker mounted within the ice compartment;
an ice storage container mounted within the ice compartment, the ice storage container being located lower than the dispensing
opening in the fresh food door, and
a conveyor mechanism for selectively moving ice from the ice storage container to the dispensing opening.
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