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An ice storage and delivery system is provided for a refrigeration apparatus including a refrigerated compartment housing an ice making apparatus and a door providing selective access to the compartment and including a dispenser for delivering formed ice bodies. The system includes an ice container

An ice storage and delivery system is provided for a refrigeration apparatus including a refrigerated compartment housing an ice making apparatus and a door providing selective access to the compartment and including a dispenser for delivering formed ice bodies. The system includes an ice container assembly in the refrigerated compartment having a container for storing ice bodies and an auger for conveying ice bodies from the container to a downwardly facing discharge opening. A platform rests on a shelf in the compartment below the ice making apparatus. The platform includes support means for supporting the container assembly below the ice making apparatus and an ice chute for delivering ice bodies from the container discharge opening to the dispenser. A drive motor is mounted to the platform and is operatively associated with the wire auger for driving the wire auger.

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In a refrigeration apparatus including a refrigerated compartment housing an ice making apparatus and a door providing selective access to said compartment and including a dispenser for delivering formed ice bodies, an ice storage and delivering system comprising: an ice container assembly in said r

In a refrigeration apparatus including a refrigerated compartment housing an ice making apparatus and a door providing selective access to said compartment and including a dispenser for delivering formed ice bodies, an ice storage and delivering system comprising: an ice container assembly in said refrigerated compartment having a container for storing ice bodies and an auger for conveying ice bodies from said container to a downwardly facing discharge opening; a platform resting on a shelf in said compartment below said ice making apparatus, said platform including support means for supporting said container assembly below said ice making apparatus and an ice chute for delivering ice bodies from said container discharge opening to said dispenser; and drive means operatively associated with said auger for driving said auger.