Patent ID: 6442954
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
A refrigerator comprising:a refrigeration compartment and access door therefor; a freezer compartment and access door therefor; an automatic icemaker disposed in said freezer compartment for making ice cubes; an upper hopper disposed inside said freezer door below said ice maker, and including a rotary auger and first and second ice ports below axially opposite ends thereof; a receptacle disposed outside said freezer door below said upper hopper; a lower hopper disposed inside said freezer door below said receptacle; and a first chute joining said first port to said receptacle for dispensing ice cubes, a second chute joining said second port to said lower hopper for storing said ice cubes; and a reversible motor jointed to said auger for rotating said auger in a first direction for dispensing said ice cubes through said first port and chute, and in an opposite direction for dispensing said ice cubes through said second port and chute.