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US 2014/0150468 A1Published application
Modular cooling and low energy ice
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorPATRICK J. BOARMAN
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AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorPATRICK J. BOARMAN
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A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, an ice maker disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, an ice mold in the ice maker, and a thermoelectric device positioned below the ice mold and configured to provide cooling liquid along a bottom side of the ice mold during freezing of water to make ice. The ice maker is further configured to warm the bottom side of the ice mold to facilitate harvesting of the ice. The ice maker may be disposed within a refrigeration compartment and may be configured to make clear ice. The ice mold may be fixed in place during the harvesting of the ice. The ice maker may be further configured to warm the bottom side of the ice mold to facilitate harvesting of the ice by providing warming liquid along the bottom side of the ice mold.
A refrigerator comprising:
A refrigerator comprising:
A refrigerator comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.