Refrigerator with a water and ice dispenser having an improved ice chute air seal

摘要

A refrigerator having an ice and water dispenser has a seal to sealingly engage the ice compartment when the refrigerator door is closed. The seal is flexible to accommodate manufacturing tolerance. The seal may be impregnated with a friction reducing agent to increase life of the seal.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet; a door attached to the cabinet, the door having a front panel and an inner liner; an opening through the liner for receiving ice from an ice storage area; an ice chute in the door in operable connection with the opening for transporting ice received through the opening to an ice receiving area; and an ice dispenser attached to the door and engaging the ice chute, and terminating in an outlet for discharging ice into a container positioned in the ice receiving area beneath the outlet; a food storage area on the inner liner directly behind the ice receiving area; and a seal between the ice storage area and the ice chute; wherein the inner liner has a liner surface surrounding an upper portion of the chute that faces generally upwardly and towards the ice storage area, and wherein the ice storage area has an outer wall with a wall surface that faces generally downwardly and towards the door liner, and wherein the liner surface and the wall surface have complementary slopes.