Refrigerator with ice mold chilled by air exchange cooled by fluid from freezer
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25D-017/06
F25B-021/02
F25D-011/02
F25C-001/04
F25C-005/182
F25B-021/04
F25C-005/08
F25D-023/02
F25D-023/12
F25C-005/20
출원번호
US-0175120
(2016-06-07)
등록번호
US-10139151
(2018-11-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Boarman, Patrick J.
Hortin, Gregory Gene
출원인 / 주소
Whirlpool Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Nyemaster Goode, P.C.
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초록▼
A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment is disclosed. An icemaker is mounted remotely from the freezer compartment. The icemaker includes an ice mold. A thermoelectric device is provided and includes a war
A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment is disclosed. An icemaker is mounted remotely from the freezer compartment. The icemaker includes an ice mold. A thermoelectric device is provided and includes a warm side and an opposite cold side. A flow pathway is connected in communication between the cold side of the thermoelectric device and the icemaker. A fan is operatively positioned to move air from the fresh food compartment across the warm side of the thermoelectric device. A pump moves fluid from the cold side of the thermoelectric device to the icemaker. Cold air, such as from the refrigerator compartment, is used to dissipate heat from the warm side of the thermoelectric device for providing cold fluid to and for cooling the ice mold of the icemaker.
대표청구항▼
1. A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator comprising: a cooling application and a heating application;a thermoelectric device;a fluid supply pathway in communication between the thermoel
1. A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator comprising: a cooling application and a heating application;a thermoelectric device;a fluid supply pathway in communication between the thermoelectric device and each of the cooling application and the heating application, wherein the thermoelectric device cools a fluid moving through the fluid supply pathway to the cooling application and warms a fluid moving through the fluid supply pathway to the heating application;a fan positioned to move air through the fluid supply pathway to each of the cooling application and the heating application;a flow pathway in communication between the thermoelectric device and the freezer compartment; andan air return pathway in communication between the fresh food compartment and at least one of the cooling application and the heating application for exhausting air to the fresh food compartment. 2. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the cooling application is at least one of a water reservoir, an ice storage bin, an ice maker, and an isolated space insulated from the fresh food compartment. 3. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the heating application is at least one of a water reservoir, an ice storage bin, an ice maker, and an isolated space insulated from the fresh food compartment. 4. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the cooling application and the heating application are the same. 5. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the fluid is air. 6. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the fluid is liquid. 7. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein the flow pathway comprises a fluid loop in communication between the thermoelectric device and a heat exchanger in a freezer evaporator. 8. The refrigerator of claim 1 further comprising an evaporator in the flow pathway from the freezer compartment for supplying cold fluid to the thermoelectric device in the fresh food compartment. 9. The refrigerator of claim 1 further comprising: an insulated compartment on the door;an ice storage bin in the insulated compartment positioned to receive ice harvested from an ice mold; andthe fluid supply pathway in communication between the fresh food compartment and the insulated compartment for supplying fluid to the insulated compartment. 10. A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator comprising: a cooling application and a heating application;a thermoelectric device mounted remotely from the cooling application and the heating application;a fluid supply pathway in communication between the thermoelectric device and each of the cooling application and the heating application, wherein the thermoelectric device has a cooling mode for cooling a fluid moving through the fluid supply pathway to the cooling application and a warming mode for warming a fluid moving through the fluid supply pathway to the heating application;a fan positioned to move air from the fresh food compartment through the fluid supply pathway;a flow pathway in communication between the thermoelectric device and the freezer compartment;a intelligent control for controlling whether the thermoelectric device is the cooling mode or the heating mode. 11. The refrigerator of claim 10 wherein the thermoelectric device has a polarity and the intelligent control controls the polarity of the thermoelectric device. 12. The refrigerator of claim 10 wherein the cooling application is at least one of a water reservoir, an ice storage bin, an ice maker, and an isolated space insulated from the fresh food compartment. 13. The refrigerator of claim 10 wherein the heating application is at least one of a water reservoir, an ice storage bin, an ice maker, and an isolated space insulated from the fresh food compartment. 14. The refrigerator of claim 10 wherein the cooling application and the heating application are the same. 15. A refrigerator that has a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment, and a door that provides access to the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator comprising: a cooling application and a heating application;a thermoelectric device mounted in the fresh food compartment, wherein the thermoelectric device has a polarity;a fluid supply pathway in communication between the thermoelectric device and each of the cooling application and the heating application, wherein the thermoelectric device has a cooling mode for cooling a fluid moving through the fluid supply pathway to the cooling application and a warming mode for warming a fluid moving through the fluid supply pathway to the heating application;a fan positioned to move air from the fresh food compartment through the fluid supply pathway;a flow pathway in communication between the thermoelectric device and the freezer compartment;a intelligent control for switching the thermoelectric device between the cooling mode and the warming mode by reversing the polarity of the thermoelectric device; andan air return pathway in communication between the fresh food compartment and at least one of the cooling application and the heating application for exhausting air to the fresh food compartment. 16. The refrigerator of claim 15 wherein the cooling application is at least one of a water reservoir, an ice storage bin, an ice maker, and an isolated space insulated from the fresh food compartment. 17. The refrigerator of claim 15 wherein the heating application is at least one of a water reservoir, an ice storage bin, an ice maker, and an isolated space insulated from the fresh food compartment. 18. The refrigerator of claim 15 wherein the cooling application and the heating application are the same. 19. The refrigerator of claim 15 wherein the fluid is air.
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