Patent ID: 9625202
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: F25C,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet; at least one door providing access to the fresh food compartment; an ice making compartment in the fresh food compartment for making ice and comprising an ice mold, a supply duct, a return duct, and a liquid coolant loop in direct contact with the ice mold; an ice storage compartment on the fresh food compartment door adjacent to the ice making compartment, comprising an aperture for receiving one or more harvested ice cubes disposed adjacent the exit aperture; a cold air loop positioned in the ice making compartment for cooling air for the ice storage compartment, the cold air loop including a plurality of fins positioned on the liquid coolant loop, a fan assembly adjacent to the fins to direct cooled air via the supply duct to the ice storage compartment and back to the fins from the ice storage compartment via the return duct, wherein the supply duct and the return duct and the ice storage compartment are isolated from the ice mold; and wherein the cold air loop is substantially between the plurality of fins and the ice storage compartment, wherein at least one of the plurality of fins is in communication with the ice making compartment for cooling air in the ice making compartment, and further wherein a portion of the liquid coolant loop adjacent the fan assembly passes through the plurality of fins and the ice mold.