Patent ID: 8756951

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet including a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment; a cooling system; and a clear ice making assembly comprising: a housing defining an upper fluid chamber; a fluid inlet adapted to supply fluid to the upper fluid chamber; a plurality of walls that define a plurality of spaced, substantially vertical fluid channels there between, with each of the plurality of fluid channels including a fluid inlet aperture in communication with the upper fluid chamber; a fluid reservoir; at least one drain aperture formed below the plurality of fluid channels and in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir; and a plurality of ice forming members configured to be cooled by the cooling system, wherein each of the plurality of ice forming members extends into and spans less than a full width of a respective one of the plurality of fluid channels such that fluid flowing through the fluid inlet aperture of each of the plurality of fluid channels is directed over the plurality of ice forming members before draining into the fluid reservoir through the at least one drain aperture.