Patent ID: 8146379

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: 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 and defined by insulating walls configured to facilitate maintenance of an operating temperature of the ice compartment that is lower than the operating temperature of the refrigerating compartment; an ice maker located within the ice compartment and configured to freeze liquid water into ice, the ice maker being enclosed by the insulating walls of the ice compartment; an ice maker supply conduit configured to guide liquid water to the ice maker, the ice maker supply conduit passing through a surface of a wall of at least one of the refrigerating compartment and the ice compartment; a refrigerator door configured to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating compartment; an ice discharge duct configured to define a passage through at least a front insulating wall of the insulating walls of the ice compartment, the front insulating wall being closest to the refrigerator door when the refrigerator door is oriented in a closed position; an ice transfer mechanism configured to transfer ice made by the ice maker out of the ice compartment through the passage defined by the ice discharge duct; a dispenser, at least a portion of which being located on the refrigerator door, configured to dispense liquid water; and a dispenser supply conduit that is configured to guide liquid water to the dispenser, the dispenser supply conduit extending from a wall of the refrigerating compartment, passing along a hinge of the refrigerator door, and extending to the dispenser.