ICE MAKING SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE
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1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber, the freezer chamber positioned below the fresh food chamber along a vertical direction, the cabinet also defining an icebox compartment outside of the freezer chamber and proximate to the fresh food chamber, the cabinet further defining a heat exchange opening at the icebox compartment; and
an ice maker disposed within the icebox compartment, the ice maker comprising a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger positioned at the heat exchange opening.
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber below the fresh food chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice maker disposed within the cabinet outside of the freezer chamber and proximate to the fresh food chamber. The ice maker includes an ice making chamber. The ice maker is in thermal communication with the freezer chamber and the ice making chamber is not in fluid communication with the freezer chamber.
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1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
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a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber, the freezer chamber positioned below the fresh food chamber along a vertical direction, the cabinet also defining an icebox compartment outside of the freezer chamber and proximate to the fresh food chamber, the cabinet further defining a heat exchange opening at the icebox compartment; and an ice maker disposed within the icebox compartment, the ice maker comprising a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger positioned at the heat exchange opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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