Patent ID: 7712328
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: F25C,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a freezer compartment within an interior of the refrigerator, the compartment having an ice storage bin, which is a source of ice; a front ice dispenser assembly disposed in a front side of the refrigerator and in communication with the source of ice; and a side ice dispenser assembly disposed in an edge side of the refrigerator and in communication with the source of ice; a first passage connecting a first ice storage bin exit with the front ice dispenser assembly; a second passage connecting a second ice storage bin exit with the side ice dispenser assembly; a first switch; a first rotatable auger mounted within the ice storage bin, activated by the first switch to advance ice contained within the storage bin to the first passage; a second switch; a second rotatable auger mounted within the ice storage bin positioned essentially perpendicular to, and in an operably horizontal plane with, the first rotatable auger, the second rotatable auger activated by the second switch to advance ice contained within the storage bin to the second passage.