Refrigerator with duct system to provide cold air from a freezer evaporator to an ice maker

A refrigerator, comprising:

• a cabinet structure having a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment and at least one sidewall with an interior cavity;
• an evaporator housing positioned within the freezer compartment and having first and second portions;
• an evaporator positioned within the first portion of an evaporator housing;
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• a duct assembly having an ice maker feed duct operably coupled to the second portion of the evaporator housing at a first end and further coupled to an ice maker disposed above the freezer compartment at a second end, wherein the duct assembly further includes an ice maker return duct operably coupled to the ice maker at a first end and further coupled to the first portion of the evaporator housing at a second end, and further wherein the ice maker feed duct and the ice maker return duct include substantially linear body portions disposed within the interior cavity of the at least one sidewall of the cabinet structure.

A refrigerator, comprising:

• first and second fans each having a first side and a second side, wherein with the first and second fans are arranged in-series with the second side of the first fan fluidically coupled to the first side of the second fan by an inlet;
• an evaporator disposed within a freezer compartment and fluidically coupled to the first side of the first fan;
• an ice maker disposed outside of the freezer compartment and fluidically coupled to the second side of the second fan by an ice maker feed duct;
• and
• an ice maker return duct fluidically coupled between the ice maker and the evaporator.