Patent ID: 7624591
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: B67D,F25C,F25D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator including a heat exchanger located in an ice compartment positioned in a refrigerating compartment of the refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body; a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment being configured to maintain operating temperatures that differ, with the freezing compartment having an operating temperature that is lower than an operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; an ice compartment located within the refrigerating compartment and defined by at least one insulating wall configured to facilitate maintenance of an operating temperature of the ice compartment that is lower than the operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; a pair of refrigerator doors configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, the pair of refrigerator doors including a first refrigerator door and a second refrigerator door, wherein the first refrigerator door is configured to cover the ice compartment when the first refrigerator door is oriented in a closed position and the second refrigerator door is oriented in an opened position; a dispenser that is positioned on the first refrigerator door, that is configured to receive ice moved from the ice compartment, and that is configured to dispense the received ice through the first refrigerator door when the first refrigerator door is in the closed position; a first heat exchanger configured to regulate temperatures in at least one of the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment; and a second heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger being physically independent of the first heat exchanger and being configured to regulate temperatures in the ice compartment of the refrigerating compartment by performing heat exchange directly with air located within the ice compartment defined by the at least one insulating wall.