Ice level sensing system for a bottom freezer refrigerator

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2006-03-06

2009-11-03

Vidovich, Greg (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Means producing shaped or modified congealed product

With product receiving and storing means

C062S298000, C062S137000, C062S066000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07610772

ABSTRACT:
A refrigeration appliance is provided with a freezer compartment accessible through an openable door, the freezer compartment extending between two side walls. An ice bin is slidably mounted in the freezer compartment occupying a width of the freezer compartment, less than a full width between the two side walls. A food storage compartment is slidably mounted in the freezer compartment with at least a portion horizontally adjacent to the ice bin, and slidable independently of the ice bin. A non-contact ice level sensing apparatus having an emitter component and a receiver component is provided, with one of the components mounted between the ice bin and the food storage compartment and the other of the components mounted on an opposite side of the ice bin from the food storage compartment.

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