Patent ID: 6732537
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
In a refrigerator including a freezer compartment having an outer wall spaced apart from an inner wall so as to define an air flow plenum therebetween, with openings formed in the inner wall to allow air to flow from the plenum to the freezer compartment, an ice maker assembly comprising:an ice mold for containing water to be frozen into ice cubes; and an air delivery unit including an air tunnel having a first end and a second end, as well as a plurality of partitions formed in the air tunnel, said first end being positioned adjacent to the ice mold and said second end being positioned adjacent to the inner wall of the freezer compartment, wherein air is directed from between the inner wall and the outer wall, into the openings in the inner wall, through the air tunnel and against the ice mold.