Patent ID: 11885549
Assignee: BSH HAUSGERäTE GMBH
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 26:
27. A refrigerator comprising:
a fresh food compartment;
an ice compartment disposed in the fresh food compartment;
an ice maker disposed in the ice compartment, the ice maker including an ice maker tray and an evaporator cooling tube which is embedded in the ice maker tray, such that the evaporator cooling tube is in direct contact with the ice maker tray and an evaporator;
an ice bucket for storing ice, the ice bucket being disposed in the ice compartment; and
a refrigerant circuit including a bypass line with a refrigerant valve which is located prior to an inlet of the evaporator cooling tube in order to bypass the evaporator cooling tube and communicate a refrigerant to a further evaporator,
wherein during ice making, the refrigerant valve directs the refrigerant through the evaporator cooling tube that is in direct contact with the at least one outer surface of the ice maker tray.