Patent ID: 9683769
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B23P,F25B,F25C,F25D,Y02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A refrigerated appliance comprising: an insulated cabinet comprising a freezer compartment spaced in a bottom portion of the cabinet and a fresh food compartment spaced above the freezer compartment of the cabinet wherein the fresh food compartment is defined by a liner having top, bottom, left side, right side, front, and back walls, and a front opening in the front wall; an ice making compartment in an upper corner of an upper portion of the cabinet outside of the liner and including a front opening; a sleeve having a closed back end, an open front end corresponding with the front opening of the ice making compartment, perimeter dimension that allow the sleeve to fit within the ice making compartment; a removeable ice making assembly disposed within an interior volume of the sleeve and comprising an ice maker and an ice making compartment insulating front opening cover; insulating material between at least a portion of the liner proximate the ice making compartment and the sleeve; a cold air duct that has a lower air inlet positioned within the freezer compartment and an upper outlet end engaged with a fan and operably engaged with the ice making assembly to provide cold air to the ice making assembly; a fresh food compartment door providing access to both the fresh food compartment and the ice making compartment.