[특허]Ice maker for a refrigeration appliance

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	F25C-005/00 F25C-001/12 F25C-005/182 F25D-021/08 F25C-005/20
출원번호	US-0957675 (2015-12-03)
등록번호	US-10036585 (2018-07-31)
발명자 / 주소	McCollough, Thomas W. Bertolini, Nilton Carlos Morgan, Justin Hansen, Dennis Carl
출원인 / 주소	Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Pearne & Gordon LLP
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 0 인용 특허 : 54

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A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and an ice maker within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. In one example, a rotatable auger drives the ice pieces out of a removable ice bin via a driving force applied in a first direction. A latch is configured to apply a resisting force to the ice bin along a second direction. In another example, an air mover is disposed within the ice maker for delivering cooled air from an ice maker evaporator to a region adjacent to the ice bin. At least one air channel is formed into an inside surface of the ice maker chamber. In another example, a method of making ice in the refrigeration appliance is provided. The method includes the steps of operating the air mover and a defrost heating of the ice maker evaporator.

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1. A refrigeration appliance comprising: a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above zero degrees Centigrade;a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below zero degrees Centigrade;an ice maker disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces, the ice maker comprising an ice maker chamber with a first end, an opposite second end, and at least one interior sidewall extending from the first end to the second end, the ice maker chamber containing an ice bin for storing the ice pieces produced by the ice maker;a refrigeration system comprising a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food and freezer compartments, and an ice maker evaporator disposed at the second end of the ice maker chamber that is dedicated to provide air cooled to a temperature below zero degrees Centigrade to the ice maker;an air mover disposed within the ice maker and adjacent the second end of the ice maker chamber for delivering the cooled air from the ice maker evaporator to a region adjacent to the ice bin; andat least one air channel formed into an inside surface of the at least one interior sidewall of the ice maker chamber adjacent the first end, the at least one air channel being depressed into, and not penetrating through, the at least one interior sidewall and extending vertically between an upper surface of the ice bin towards a lower surface of the ice bin,wherein a flow of said cooled air from the air mover moves primarily across the upper surface of the ice bin from the second end of the ice maker chamber toward the first end,wherein a fit between the ice bin and the at least one interior sidewall inhibits the flow of the cooled air from transferring to the lower surface of the ice bin while traveling from the second end of the ice maker chamber toward the first end,wherein upon reaching the first end, the flow of cooled air at the first end then moves primarily downwards along the at least one air channel and is exhausted toward the lower surface of the ice, andwherein the flow of the cooled air moves across the lower surface of the ice bin from the first end of the ice maker chamber toward the second end. 2. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein the at least one interior sidewall comprises two opposing interior sidewalls, wherein the at least one air channel comprises at least a pair of air channels, with at least one being formed into the inside surface of each of the two interior sidewalls of the ice maker chamber adjacent the first end, each of the air channels being disposed on opposite sides of the ice bin, the at least pair of air channels being depressed into while not penetrating through the two opposing interior sidewalls. 3. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein the ice bin further comprises a wall with a recessed channel arranged adjacent to the at least one air channel to thereby encourage airflow from the at least one air channel to flow underneath the ice bin. 4. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 3, wherein the recessed channel of the ice bin extends generally from the first end of the ice maker chamber towards the second end of the ice maker chamber. 5. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 1, wherein the ice maker evaporator is arranged in series with the system evaporator. 6. The refrigeration appliance according to claim 2, wherein the at least a pair of air channels are located opposite and in registry with each other.

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