Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator icemaking system with tandem storage bins and/or removable dispenser recess
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Application No.: US17098937Application Date: 2020-11-16
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Publication No.: US11573041B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Eric Scalf
- Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CN Foshan
- Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: CN Foshan
- Agency: Gray Ice Higdon
- Main IPC: F25C5/182
- IPC: F25C5/182 ; F25C5/187 ; F25C5/20 ; F25D25/02 ; F25D11/02 ; F25D23/06

Abstract:
A refrigerator utilizes in some instances an icemaker having a tandem arrangement of storage bins. A first storage bin receives ice produced by an icemaker and includes a reversible ice mover that when operated in a first direction feeds an ice dispenser, and when operated in a second direction feeds a second storage bin disposed below the first storage bin. A refrigerator may also in another aspect include an externally-accessible ice dispenser having a dispenser recess portion that is removable from the refrigerator when the doors of the refrigerator are closed, e.g., for the purpose of accessing an ice storage bin.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210063071A1 REFRIGERATOR ICEMAKING SYSTEM WITH TANDEM STORAGE BINS AND/OR REMOVABLE DISPENSER RECESS Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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