Patent ID: 7673470

Claim:
A 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; an ice maker located within the ice compartment; an ice transporting mechanism located within the ice compartment and configured to promote movement of ice from within the ice compartment through an outlet defined in the ice compartment; a pair of doors configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment, the pair of doors including a first door corresponding to the ice compartment and configured to cover the ice compartment when the first door is in a closed position; a dispenser positioned on the first door corresponding to the ice compartment; an ice discharge duct that, when the first door corresponding to the ice compartment is in the closed position, extends at least partially between the ice compartment and the first door and defines a passage to discharge ice transported from the ice compartment, the ice discharge duct including: a first portion being positioned on the first door, and a second portion that is configured to be separated from the first portion when the first door is in an opened position and being configured to interface with the first portion when the first door is in a closed position; wherein the ice discharge duct is selectively opened and closed such that ice can be transferred to the first door.