Compact ice making system for slimline ice compartment
AssigneesBSH Home Appliances Corporation, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsNilton Bertolini, Alexander Görz, Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Vishal Vekariya
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Abstract
A refrigerator including a fresh food compartment; a freezer compartment; an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment; an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker including an ice maker tray, a separate fin evaporator, and a cooling tube which is assembled between the ice maker tray and the fin evaporator, such that the cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray and the fin evaporator; and an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment.
Claims30
A refrigerator comprising:
- a fresh food compartment;
- a freezer compartment;
- an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment;
- an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker including an ice maker tray, a separate fin evaporator, and a cooling tube which is assembled between the ice maker tray and the fin evaporator, such that the cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray and the fin evaporator;
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- an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment.
An ice maker assembly for use in an ice compartment of a refrigerator, the ice maker assembly including an ice maker tray portion, a separate fin evaporator portion, and a cooling tube which is assembled between the ice maker tray portion and the fin evaporator portion, such that the cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray portion and the fin evaporator.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a fresh food compartment;
- a freezer compartment;
- an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment;
- an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker including an ice maker tray, an evaporator, and a cooling tube which is disposed between the ice maker tray and the evaporator, such that the cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray and the evaporator;
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- an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment,
- wherein the ice maker and the ice bucket are arranged side-by-side in a horizontal direction within the ice compartment, and
- wherein no portion of the ice bucket is located below the ice maker when the ice maker is projected downward in a vertical height direction.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a fresh food compartment;
- a freezer compartment;
- an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment;
- an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker including an ice maker tray, an evaporator, and a cooling tube which is disposed between the ice maker tray and the evaporator, such that the cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray and the evaporator;
- a drain assembly positioned under the evaporator;
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- an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment,
- wherein the ice bucket is arranged side-by-side with the ice maker and the drain assembly in a horizontal direction within the ice compartment, such that a bottom portion of the ice bucket is located at substantially the same level as a bottom portion of the drain assembly in a vertical height direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.