Ice making in the refrigeration compartment using a cold plate

摘要

A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet having a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. There is a fresh food compartment door for providing access to the fresh food compartment and an ice compartment mounted at the fresh food compartment door. A cold plate is mounted within the fresh food compartment and adapted for cooling the ice compartment when the fresh food compartment door is in a closed position.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a refrigerator cabinet having a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment; a fresh food compartment door having an open position for providing access to the fresh food compartment and a closed position for restricting access to the fresh food compartment; an ice compartment mounted at the fresh food compartment door and comprising an ice maker and an ice storage area wherein the ice storage area is separate from the ice maker and receives dispensed ice from the ice maker; and a cold plate mounted at the fresh food compartment external of the both ice maker and ice storage area of the ice compartment, the cold plate being separated from the ice maker when the fresh food compartment door is in the open position and being adjacent to and in thermally conductive contact with the ice maker when the fresh food compartment door is in a closed position.