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Ice producing apparatus

US8074464B2 · kind B2 · utility

34Cited by

15References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Natarajan Venkatakrishnan · Seattle, US
Matthew W. Davis · Erwinna, US
Krzysztof Struminski · Louisville, US
Wayne E. Lawson · La Grange, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 5, 2009
Grant date	Dec 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D2317/0666
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus includes a door configured to permit and prohibit access to an interior volume of a storage compartment of the refrigerator, the door defining therein a door interior volume; a fan disposed in the door interior volume; and a mold disposed in the door interior volume and configured to receive water and to retain the water during freezing of the water into ice.

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