Refrigerator with icemaker chilled by thermoelectric device cooled by fresh food compartment air
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsPATRICK J. BOARMAN, BRIAN K. CULLEY, GREGORY G. HORTIN, MARK E. THOMAS
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AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsPATRICK J. BOARMAN, BRIAN K. CULLEY, GREGORY G. HORTIN, MARK E. THOMAS
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An icemaker is mounted remotely from a 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. In one aspect, a fan is operatively positioned to move air from the fresh food compartment across the warm side of the thermoelectric device and a pump moves fluid from the cold side of the thermoelectric device to the icemaker. Cold air, such as from a refrigerator compartment, may be 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.
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 device with a cabinet body having an icemaker with an ice mold chilled at least partially by a thermoelectric device, comprising:
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:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.