Patent ID: 7490474

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerating compartment; an ice compartment located within the refrigerating compartment; an ice maker located within the ice compartment and configured to freeze liquid water into ice; and a water supply conduit configured to guide liquid water to the ice maker located within the ice compartment, the water supply conduit: penetrating an exterior surface of a wall of the refrigerating compartment from a first interior position inside of the exterior surface of the wall of the refrigerating compartment to a first exterior position outside of the exterior surface of the wall of the refrigerating compartment; extending outside of the exterior surface of the wall of the refrigerating compartment from the first exterior position to a second exterior position; penetrating the exterior surface of the wall of the refrigerating compartment from the second exterior position outside of the exterior surface of the wall of the refrigerating compartment to a second interior position inside of the exterior surface of the wall of the refrigerating compartment; and extending from the second interior position to the ice maker.