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An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a mu

An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.

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1. An icemaker assembly disposed within a freezer compartment, having a freezer door assembly, said icemaker assembly comprising:a conveyor assembly positioned within said freezer compartment having at least a front roller and a rear roller and a continuous flexible conveyor belt fitted in tension a

1. An icemaker assembly disposed within a freezer compartment, having a freezer door assembly, said icemaker assembly comprising:a conveyor assembly positioned within said freezer compartment having at least a front roller and a rear roller and a continuous flexible conveyor belt fitted in tension about said front and rear rollers, said belt having a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes therein; a first ice cube storage bin disposed within an upper portion of said freezer door assembly adjacent said front roller of said conveyor assembly, wherein said first ice cube storage bin is alignable with said conveyor assembly to receive ice cubes therefrom; a first motor drivingly coupled to said conveyor assembly for advancing said conveyor belt; a controller electronically coupled to said first motor; a second ice cube storage bin removably disposed within a lower portion of said freezer door assembly, wherein said second ice cube storage bin variably communicates with said first ice cube storage bin to receive ice cubes therefrom; a refill valve electronically coupled to said controller to fill respective molds with water, wherein said refill valve is positioned within said freezer compartment generally positioned above at least one row of said ice cube molds, wherein said refill valve is actuated when a belt position sensor generates a signal to said controller indicating that said conveyor belt is in the correct position for refill.