Icemaker assembly

Details Icemaker assembly Icemaker assembly

2000-08-17

2008-09-23

Tapolcai, William E. (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Means producing shaped or modified congealed product

Heat absorber with product remover

Reexamination Certificate

active

07426838

ABSTRACT:
An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.

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