Ice making and storage system for a refrigerator

A refrigerator including a cabinet for defining a freezer compartment having top wall and an access opening, the refrigerator comprising:

• a door for closing the access opening;
• an ice maker being disposed within the freezer compartment adjacent the top wall for forming ice pieces;
• an ice storage bin removably mounted to the door below the ice maker for receiving ice pieces from the ice maker;
• an ice level sensing finger movably mounted adjacent the ice maker and having a sensing end extending into the ice storage bin;
• a ramp rotatably mounted to the ice maker adjacent the ice storage bin, the ramp being biased to rotated toward the ice storage bin such that when the door is opened the ramp rotates and contacts the ice level sensing finger to raise the sensing end of the finger out of the ice storage bin.

A refrigerator including a cabinet for defining a freezer compartment having an access opening, the refrigerator comprising:

• a door for closing the access opening;
• an ice maker being disposed within the freezer compartment for forming ice pieces, the ice maker including an ice mold and a stripper member;
• an ice storage bin mounted to the door below the ice maker for receiving ice from the ice maker;
• a front cover supported in front of the ice maker;
• a rotatable ramp extending from the ice maker for directing ice pieces into the ice storage bin;
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• a spring for biasing the ramp toward the door such that when the door is opened, the ramp rotates toward the front cover thereby preventing ice piece from sliding off the ramp when the door is opened.

A refrigerator including a cabinet for defining a freezer compartment having a top wall and an access opening, the refrigerator comprising:

• a door for closing the access opening;
• an ice maker being disposed within the freezer compartment adjacent the top wall for forming ice pieces;
• an ice storage bin mounted to the door below the ice maker for receiving ice from the ice maker;
• a bracket mounted to the top wall;
• a front cover pivotably supported from the bracket in front of the ice maker;
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• a bin lever rotatably mounted adjacent the ice maker and having an end contacting the ice storage bin when the door is closed, the bin lever being biased toward the ice storage bin such that when the door is opened, the bin lever rotates to engage the front cover thereby securing the front cover from pivoting and preventing ice piece from falling past the front cover when the door is opened.

A refrigerator including a cabinet for defining a freezer compartment having an access opening, the refrigerator comprising:

• a closure member for closing the freezer compartment access opening, the closure member being hingedly connected to the cabinet;
• an ice maker disposed within the freezer compartment for making ice pieces;
• an ice storage bin mounted to the door below the ice maker for receiving ice pieces from the ice maker;
• movable wall means for preventing ice pieces from falling from the ice maker when the closure member is opened;
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• movable probe means for sensing the level of ice pieces within the ice storage bin extending from the ice maker into ice storage bin.