Patent ID: 11918009
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 19:
20. A refrigerator appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a chilled chamber;
a door attached to the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the chilled chamber, the door comprising a door liner defining an icebox compartment, the door further comprising a chilled air supply opening, a chilled air return opening spaced apart from the chilled air supply opening, and a dispenser outlet spaced apart from the chilled air supply opening and the chilled air return opening, the dispenser outlet being configured for ice delivery to an ambient environment;
a sealed cooling system in fluid communication with the icebox compartment to circulate air within the refrigerator appliance; and
an ice cream unit disposed within the icebox compartment, the ice cream unit comprising
a freezing tank,
a rotatable auger extending into the freezing tank,
a tank jacket receiving the freezing tank and defining a cooling passage extending about and thereby encircling the freezing tank the freezing tank along a path from a jacket inlet to a jacket outlet, the jacket outlet being open to the icebox compartment to exhaust air from the cooling passage to the icebox compartment, and
a support base holding the tank jacket, the support base being disposed above and sealing the dispenser outlet to block air and ice from passing through the dispenser outlet between the icebox compartment and the ambient environment.