发明名称 AIRFLOW CONTAINMENT DEVICE FORE AN ICE MAKER
摘要 A refrigerator is disclosed having an ice maker in the door. The refrigerator has an ice maker air duct in the ice compartment door, and it has an inlet and a plurality of flutes. The inlet is in fluid communication with the duct outlet and the flutes are configured to separate an air flow through the ice maker air duct into substantially evenly distributed air flows. Each of the plurality of diverter flutes terminate proximate a row of ice wells.
申请公布号 US2017074572(A1) 申请公布日期 2017.03.16
申请号 US201514855556 申请日期 2015.09.16
申请人 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 发明人 VISIN Jerry M.
分类号 F25C5/00;F25C5/08;F25C5/06 主分类号 F25C5/00
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A refrigerator appliance comprising: a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, wherein the freezer compartment is kept at a temperature generally below the freezing point of water, and wherein the refrigerator compartment is held at a temperature generally above the freezing point of water; a door for selectively accessing an interior portion of the refrigerator appliance, the door comprising a ice compartment configured to house an icemaker; a duct leading from the freezer compartment to the ice compartment, the duct comprising a duct inlet disposed in the freezer compartment, and a duct outlet disposed in the refrigerator compartment; an ice maker disposed within the door and located within the ice compartment, the ice maker comprising an ice tray including a plurality of rows of ice wells; an ice maker air duct disposed within the ice compartment door, the ice maker air duct comprising an inlet and a plurality of flutes; wherein the inlet is in fluid communication with the duct outlet, the plurality of flutes are configured to separate an air flow through the ice maker air duct into a plurality of substantially evenly distributed air flows; and each of the plurality of diverter flutes terminate proximate a row of ice wells.
地址 Benton Harbor MI US