Refrigerator appliance

摘要

Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber and including a mullion extending between and defining the fresh food chamber and freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door including an inner surface and an outer surface, the door further including an ice container mounted thereon. The refrigerator appliance further includes a hinge connecting the mullion and the door, and a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a drain assembly for draining a liquid from the ice container, the drain assembly providing a flow path through the hinge and the mullion to an exhaust location.

主权项

1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber and comprising a mullion extending between and defining the fresh food chamber and freezer chamber, the mullion comprising a front mullion panel and a rear structural mullion panel; a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the door further comprising an ice container mounted thereon; a hinge connecting the mullion and the door; a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber; a drain assembly for draining a liquid from the ice container, the drain assembly comprising a fitting comprising a first passage disposed between the rear structural panel and the front mullion panel and a second passage extending opposite the first passage generally along a transverse direction, the drain assembly providing allow path through the hinge and the mullion to an exhaust location.