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An under the counter ice making machine has a refrigerator for producing ice cube bearing slabs. A freezer compartment support means includes a bottom compartment having a rear panel extending upwardly to a top panel. The evaporator of the refrigerator is attached to the rear panel adjacent to the t

An under the counter ice making machine has a refrigerator for producing ice cube bearing slabs. A freezer compartment support means includes a bottom compartment having a rear panel extending upwardly to a top panel. The evaporator of the refrigerator is attached to the rear panel adjacent to the top panel and the remainder of the refrigerator components are supported in the bottom compartment which has an open top. A separate unitary freezer compartment includes an integrally formed ice bin portion and a top portion. When the freezer compartment is resting on the bottom compartment of the support means the top portion coacts with the evaporator bearing rear wall end to enclose the top portion. Thus, the freezer compartment is slidably mounted on the bottom compartment so that the bottom of the ice bin portion closes the bottom compartment. When the freezer compartment is removed from the bottom compartment, the evaporator means and the remainder of the refrigerator components in the bottom compartment are exposed for maintenance and repair; while the freezer compartment is free for cleaning. The evaporator means located in the freezer top portion includes a vertically disposed ice cube bearing slab mold and an ice cube harvest probe for tumbling the slabs into the ice bin to ensure a substantially full ice bin before shut off. If the refrigerator includes an air cooled condenser, the bottom compartment front panel includes a grille and a fan for forcing air in and out the front to cool the condenser in the compartment.

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An under the counter ice making machine comprising: (a) a freezer compartment having a first portion, a second portion immediately above the first portion and a top panel immediately above the second portion; (b) a bottom compartment having side panels, a front panel including a grille, and a rear p

An under the counter ice making machine comprising: (a) a freezer compartment having a first portion, a second portion immediately above the first portion and a top panel immediately above the second portion; (b) a bottom compartment having side panels, a front panel including a grille, and a rear panel, the rear panel having a portion extending upwardly of the bottom compartment, past the freezer compartment first and second portions to the top panel; (c) a refrigeration means including a condenser, condenser fan, and compressor mounted in the bottom compartment and an evaporator means located in the freezer compartment second portion and attached to the extended portion of the bottom compartment rear panel for support; (d) said first portion of the freezer compartment forming an ice bin having a bottom forming a partition between the bottom and freezer compartments, a front panel, side panels, and a rear panel, the front panel, side panels, and rear panel having freezer compartment second portion extensions forming, respectively, an upper door supporting means, side panels and top panel, and rear panel enclosing members for enclosing the upwardly extending portion of the bottom compartment rear wall; and (e) a door means including a door mounted in the upper door supporting means for completing the second portion of the freezer compartment; whereby the freezer compartment is slidably removable for cleaning the first and second portions and for exposing the refrigeration means including the evaporator for maintenance and repair.