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1. An ice maker for a refrigerating appliance, the ice maker comprising:
an ice tray having a plurality of ice-forming compartments, each of the ice-forming compartments including sidewalls and a base that defines an internal freezing chamber; and an air flow diverter having an outer frame and a plurality of internal diverting fins that define a plurality of tuned duct flutes for receiving a stream of intake air from an air handling system and distributing the stream of intake air through the plurality of tuned duct flutes and as a plurality of streams of cooling air in the direction of the plurality of ice-forming compartments, wherein each of the plurality of internal diverting fins includes a predetermined spacing pattern that individually tunes each of the plurality of tuned duct flutes, and wherein the predetermined spacing pattern evenly distributes the stream of intake air among the plurality of tuned duct flutes such that each of the plurality of streams of cooling air include substantially equal air flow rates to each of the plurality of ice-forming compartments. |
