Patent ID: 7552597

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 in the refrigerating compartment; an ice maker located in the ice compartment, the ice maker including at least one structure that defines at least one cavity into which liquid water is disposed and made into ice; a fan that is configured to promote movement of air within the ice compartment across a surface of the at least one structure included in the ice maker to facilitate heat exchange between the air and water within the at least one cavity defined by the at least one structure; a controller configured to regulate temperatures in the ice compartment; and a heat exchanger that is controlled by the controller configured to regulate temperatures in the ice compartment, wherein the heat exchanger is located in the ice compartment.