Refrigerator appliance ice storage bin with a kick plate

An ice bin for a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, the refrigerator appliance comprising a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door rotatable between an open position permitting access to the chilled chamber and a closed position restricting access to the chilled chamber, the ice bin configured to be removably received within the chilled chamber, the ice bin comprising:

• a bin body defining a storage volume to receive ice therein, the bin body extending along the vertical direction between a top end and a bottom end, the bin body further defining a dispenser opening in fluid communication with the storage volume at the bottom end to selectively permit ice therefrom;
• a non-vertical auger defining a rotation axis within the storage volume to direct ice within the storage volume to the dispenser opening, the non-vertical auger comprising a rotation shaft extending along the rotation axis and a cam disposed on the rotation shaft;
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• a kick plate hingedly mounted within the storage volume, wherein the cam of the non-vertical auger actuates the kick plate.