Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice producing method
- Patent Title (中): 制冰法
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Application No.: US12613135Application Date: 2009-11-05
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Publication No.: US08371136B2Publication Date: 2013-02-12
- Inventor: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan , Matthew William Davis , Krzysztof Struminski , Wayne Lawson
- Applicant: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan , Matthew William Davis , Krzysztof Struminski , Wayne Lawson
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Global Patent Operation
- Agent Douglas D. Zhang
- Main IPC: F25B17/00
- IPC: F25B17/00 ; F25C1/00

Abstract:
A method of forming ice in a refrigerator is disclosed. The method includes cooling a first storage compartment to a first temperature, cooling a second storage compartment to a second temperature, cooling an interior volume defined in a door to a third temperature, wherein the door permits and impedes access to the second storage compartment, operating a fan disposed in the interior volume to circulate cool air through the interior volume, and cooling water to form ice in the interior volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100050663A1 ICE PRODUCING METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-03-04
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