Patent ID: 7185507
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: F25C

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet defining a freezer compartment maintained at a temperature below 0° C. and a refrigerator compartment maintained at a temperature above 0° C. and located above the freezer compartment; an insulated refrigerator door moveably mounted to the cabinet for selectively closing the refrigerator compartment; a refrigeration system for cooling the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment; a housing located in the refrigerator compartment enclosing an ice maker and an ice cube storage bin, the housing interior defining an auxiliary freezer compartment adjacent to the freezer compartment; an ice dispenser located on the refrigerator door; and an ice cube dispensing outlet located in the refrigerator door; wherein the auxiliary freezer compartment is maintained at a temperature below 0° C. for forming and storing ice cubes; and, wherein the refrigerator door closes the auxiliary freezer compartment when the refrigerator door closes the refrigerator compartment.