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An ice receptacle support for use in a refrigeration apparatus, such as a freezer, wherein ice bodies are stored in an upwardly opening receptacle. The receptacle is removably carried on a support which is swingably mounted by a front pair of links and a rear pair of links so as to be gravity biased

An ice receptacle support for use in a refrigeration apparatus, such as a freezer, wherein ice bodies are stored in an upwardly opening receptacle. The receptacle is removably carried on a support which is swingably mounted by a front pair of links and a rear pair of links so as to be gravity biased forwardly against a small access door carried in the main door of the freezer. When the small access door is opened, the receptacle swings forwardly as a result of the forward gravity biasing thereof by the supporting link arrangement so as to place the receptacle automatically in an ice access position. The links are arranged to provide a controlled limited force of the gravity biasing so as to effectively avoid undesirable opening of the freezer doors by the gravity biasing force. The front pair of links may be pivotally connected to a front upper portion of the receptacle carrier and the rear pair of links may be pivotally connected to a lower rear portion thereof. The front links include pivotally mounted lower end portions and the rear links include pivotally mounted upper end portions.

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In a refrigeration apparatus having an upwardly opening ice storage receptacle disposed within a refrigerated space, the improvement comprising: swing support means for supporting the receptacle and applying a horizontally forwardly directed gravity-biased force and a weaker horizontally rearwardly

In a refrigeration apparatus having an upwardly opening ice storage receptacle disposed within a refrigerated space, the improvement comprising: swing support means for supporting the receptacle and applying a horizontally forwardly directed gravity-biased force and a weaker horizontally rearwardly gravity-biased force thereto for causing resultant gravity-biased urging of the receptacle from a storage position within said space to an access position providing access to the ice in the receptacle from exteriorly of said space; and means for providing an adjustable amount of resultant gravity biasing of the receptacle comprising means for adjusting at least one of said gravity-biased forces. In a refrigeration apparatus having wall means defining a refrigerated space and ice storage means movable between a storage position within said space and an access position, the improvement comprising: first support means connected to said ice storage means and providing a first, forward biasing force urging said ice storage means toward said access position; and second support means connected to said ice storage means and arranged to provide a second, rearward biasing force urging said storage means toward said storage position, said first biasing force being greater than said second biasing force when said receptacle is in said storage position.