Ice making and water delivery apparatus
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsEric K. WATSON, Omar Haidar, Kenneth U. Nsofor, Mathew William Davis, Ronald Scott Tarr, Joseph Waugh
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Abstract
An ice making apparatus for a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ice making compartment; an icemaker disposed in the ice making compartment and including an ice mold body, the ice mold body defining therein a plurality of ice cavities for containing water therein for freezing into ice cubes, and a channel for transport of a working medium, the channel having an outlet; and a temperature sensor disposed in the ice making compartment and adjacent the outlet.
Claims16
A refrigerator comprising:
- an ice making compartment;
- an icemaker disposed in the ice making compartment and comprising an ice mold body, the ice mold body defining therein a plurality of ice cavities for containing water therein for freezing into ice cubes, and a channel for transport of a working medium for cooling the mold body, the channel having an outlet;
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- a temperature sensor disposed in the ice making compartment and adjacent the outlet.
An ice making apparatus for a refrigerator, comprising:
- an ice making compartment;
- an icemaker disposed in the ice making compartment and comprising an ice mold body, the ice mold body defining therein a plurality of ice cavities for containing water therein for freezing into ice cubes, and a channel for transport of a working medium, the channel having an outlet;
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- a temperature sensor disposed in the ice making compartment and adjacent the outlet.
A refrigerator comprising:
- a food storage compartment;
- an access door;
- a pair of hinges for rotatably mounting the access door relative to the food storage compartment so that the access door is operable to selectively close the food storage compartment;
- an ice making compartment mounted on the access door;
- an icemaker disposed in the ice making compartment;
- a water dispenser mounted on the access door;
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- a water supply unit for controlling supply of water to the icemaker and the water dispenser, the water supply unit comprising a main conduit extending into the access door through one of the hinges, and a valve disposed in the access door for diversion of water between the icemaker and the water dispenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.