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Icemaker combination assembly

a combination assembly and icemaker technology, applied in the field of icemaker combinations, can solve the problems of raising the crushing design requirements of the mechanism, and the crusher is much more difficult to break

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-07-02
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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If the arm cannot reach its predetermined low travel set point, it is assumed that the ice bucket is full and the icemaker will not harvest until more ice has been removed from the bucket.
These fused clusters are much more difficult for the crusher to break up, raising the crushing design requirements for the mechanism and occasionally causing damage.

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[0018]FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a side-by-side refrigerator 10 including a freezer compartment 12 and a fresh food compartment 14. Freezer compartment 12 and fresh food compartment 14 are arranged side-by-side. A side-by-side refrigerator such as refrigerator 10 is commercially available from General Electric Company, Appliance Park, Louisville, Ky. 40225.

[0019]Refrigerator 10 includes an outer case 16 and inner liners 18 and 20. The space between case 16 and liners 18 and 20, and between liners 18 and 20, is typically filled with foamed-in-place insulation. Outer case 16 normally is formed by folding a sheet of a suitable material, such as pre-painted steel, into an inverted U-shape to form the top and side walls of case 16. The bottom wall of case 16 normally is formed separately and attached to the sidewalls and to a bottom frame that provides support for refrigerator 10. Inner liners 18 and 20 are typically molded from a suitable plastic material to form freezer comp...

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Abstract

In accordance with the present disclosure, an icemaker combination assembly is provided and comprises a refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment. The freezer compartment can have a freezer door assembly and the fresh food compartment can have a fresh food door assembly. The icemaker combination further comprises a first icemaker having a first ice cube storage bin disposed within the freezer compartment and a second icemaker having a second ice cube storage bin disposed within the fresh food compartment. The first and second icemakers having a production activation level selected from the group consisting of the first icemaker active only, the second icemaker active only, the first and the second icemakers both active, and the first and the second icemakers both inactive. The first and second icemakers can selectively and simultaneously produce and independently store ice.

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BACKGROUND[0001]This disclosure relates generally to a plurality of icemakers for a refrigerator and freezer combination appliance having independent and dual ice production, storage, and access.[0002]A conventional automatic through-the-door icemaker in a typical residential refrigerator appliance has three major subsystems: an icemaker, a bucket with an auger and ice crusher, and a dispenser insert in the freezer door that allows the ice to be delivered to a cup without opening the door.[0003]In one arrangement, a freezer can have a metal mold that makes between six to ten ice cubes at a time. The mold is filled with water at one end and the water evenly fills the ice cube sections through weirs (shallow parts of the dividers between each cube section) that connect the sections. Opening a valve on the water supply line for a predetermined period of time usually controls the amount of water. The temperature in the freezer compartment is usually between about −10 degrees Fahrenheit ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F25C5/18F25C1/00F25D11/02
CPCF25C1/10F25C5/046F25C5/187F25C2700/12F25C2400/06F25C2400/10F25C2700/06F25C2305/022F25C2305/0221
Inventor WILSON, MARK WAYNEMOON, WILLIAM T.SUROWIEC, PAUL ROBERT
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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