ICE WELL DIVERTER WEDGE FOR ICE CONTAINER

摘要

A refrigerator is provided including an ice making assembly. The ice making assembly includes a storage container that has a discharge zone including a crushing assembly for selectively crushing formed ice before dispensing the ice through the dispenser of the refrigerator. The crushing assembly includes both rotating and fixed crushing blades, and including crushing teeth for crushing the formed ice cubes therebetween. A diverter wedge may be positioned at or formed integrally with the fixed crushing blades such that the diverter wedge closes any gap between the rotating blades and the wall of the discharge zone. The diverter wedge can include a sloped portion to move any smaller or differently-shaped cubes from the outer edge of the discharge zone to between the crushing blades such that it is ensured that the cubes are crushed before being dispensed.

主权项

1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a cabinet, an ice container positioned within the cabinet; and a crushing assembly operatively connected to the ice container, the crushing assembly comprising a plurality of fixed crushing blades, a plurality of rotating crushing blades positioned adjacent the fixed crushing blades, and a diverter wedge positioned at an edge of the fixed crushing blades configured to divert cubes towards the crushing blades; said diverter wedge including a sloped portion extending generally normal to blade teeth of the fixed crushing blades and said sloped portion ending in a portion extending between an outer portion of the rotating crushing blades and a wall at or near the fixed crushing blades.