Refrigerator and icemaker for the refrigerator

US7216499B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Flinner · Mössingen, DE
• Georg Hausmann · Blindheim, DE
• Stefan Holzer · Aalen, DE
• Jorg Stelzer · Giengen an der Brenz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2004
• Grant date: May 15, 2007
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25C2400/10
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An icemaker for a refrigeration device contains a refrigerant circuit and an ice container that is located in a subassembly housed in a refrigeration compartment of the refrigeration device. The ice container is in thermal contact with the refrigerant circuit by a first heat exchanger. A second sub-assembly that is located in a freezer compartment of the refrigeration device contains a second heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit. Water in the ice container is cooled by the dissipation of heat from the second heat exchanger to the freezer compartment.