The dispenser of claim 10 further comprising a mechanical drive mechanism configured to move the water dispensing assembly.

The dispenser of claim 20 wherein the mechanical drive mechanism includes a spring.

A dispenser for an appliance comprising: a movable member; a water supply mechanism attached to the movable member; and a mechanical drive mechanism configured to, upon activation of a user control, apply force other than supplied by a user to motivate movement of the movable member from a first position at which an outlet of the water supply mechanism is positioned behind a plane representing an outer surface of a door of an appliance to a second position at which the outlet of the water supply mechanism is positioned in front of the plane representing the outer surface of the door. view more

A refrigerator including a freezer compartment having an access opening and a closure member for closing the access opening, the refrigerator comprising: an ice maker being disposed within the freezer compartment for forming ice pieces; an ice storage bin mounted to the closure member below the ice maker for receiving ice from the ice maker, the ice storage bin having a bottom opening; a motor mounted on the closure member; and an auger disposed within the ice storage bin and drivingly connected to the motor, wherein upon energization of the motor, the auger moves ice pieces from the ice storage bin through the bottom opening for dispensing from the ice storage bin. view more

The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising: an ice discharge chute through the closure member below the bottom opening of the ice storage bin wherein upon energization of the motor, the auger moves ice pieces from the ice storage bin through the bottom opening to the ice discharge chute. view more

The refrigerator according to claim 1 further wherein the ice storage bin comprises: the ice storage bin defines an ice crushing region through which the ice pieces must pass when ice pieces are discharged through the bottom opening, the ice crushing region having an inlet opening; the auger having a shaft portion passing through the ice crushing region; at least one ice crusher blade rotatably connected to the shaft portion for rotation within the ice crushing region; and at least one stationary blade mounted within the ice crushing region such that the ice crusher blade rotates past the stationary blade. view more

The refrigerator according to claim 1 further wherein the ice storage bin comprises: an upper ice bin member having a bottom edge; a lower ice bin member connected to the lower edge of the upper ice bin member, the lower ice bin member defining an ice crushing region through which the ice pieces must pass when ice pieces are discharge through the bottom opening; the auger having a shaft portion passing through the ice crushing region; at least one ice crusher blade rotatably connected to the shaft portion for rotation within the ice crushing region; and at least one stationary blade mounted within the ice crushing region such that the ice crusher blade rotates past the stationary blade. view more

The refrigerator according to claim 1 wherein the ice storage bin is removable from the freezer compartment closure member.

Thermally-induced bowing reduction means for an insulating wall structure, wherein said wall structure comprises bonded-together layers of an exterior metal shell, an intermediate rigid foam insulating layer, and an interior planar plastic layer, wherein said bowing reduction means comprises at least one plaque formed on said interior plastic layer, said plaque comprising: a planar surface integrally formed with said interior plastic layer and offset from the plane of said interior plastic layer in the direction of said foam layer by a predetermined distance; and edge portions defining the boundaries of said planar surface and extending between the planar surface of said plaque and the plane of said interior plastic layer, said edge portions providing: expansion joints between the plane of said interior plastic layer and the plane of said planar surface such that said edge portions are capable of flexure to absorb thermally-induced contraction and expansion of the interior plastic layer, and beam elements on said interior plastic layer preventing bowing of said interior plastic layer; said intermediate foam insulating layer closely embracing said edge portions. view more

The bowing reduction means of claim 2 comprising at least one aligned pair of plaques, said aligned pair comprising first and second plaques disposed adjacent to one another on said interior plastic liner, with said first plaque having an edge portion of said substantially rectangular planar surface adjacent to an edge portion of said second plaque, and said first and second plaques being separated from one another by a channel disposed between said adjacent edge portions of said aligned pair of plaques. view more

An improved cabinet structure for a side-by-side domestic refrigerator appliance, wherein said cabinet includes first and second vertical outer sidewalls, each of said outer sidewalls formed of bonded together layers comprising a substantially planar metal shell facing the exterior of said cabinet, a substantially planar plastic liner facing the interior of said cabinet, an intermediate layer of insulating foam between said metal shell and said plastic liner, and a vertical compartment separator wall interposed between said first and second outer sidewalls for dividing the interior space of said cabinet into a frozen food compartment and a fresh food compartment, where said separator wall is formed from first and second spaced apart planar layers of plastic liner, with the first of said layers of plastic liner facing the interior of said fresh food compartment, and the second of said layers of plastic liner facing the interior of said frozen food compartment, and an intermediate layer of insulating foam between said first and second layers of plastic liner of said separator wall, wherein said improved side-by-side refrigerator cabinet includes means to reduce thermally-induced cabinet bowing of said sidewalls and said separator wall, said bow-reduction means comprising: at least one plaque formation on said substantially planar plastic liner, said plaque formation comprising at least one substantially planar rectangular surface formed integrally with said interior plastic liner and offset therefrom in the direction of said foam by a predetermined distance, each of said rectangular surfaces further comprising two vertical edge portions and two horizontal edge portions defining the boundary of said rectangular plaque and extending between the planar surface of said plaque and the surface of said plastic interior liner, said edge portions providing: expansion joints between the plane of said interior plastic layer and the plane of said substantially rectangular planar surface such that said edge portions are capable of flexure to absorb thermally-induced contraction and expansion of the inter plastic liner surface, and beam elements on said interior plastic layer preventing bowing of said interior plastic layer; said intermediate foam insulating layer closely embracing said edge portions. view more