| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062459000 | Ice support, e.g., container | 6 |
| 20080256973 | ICE BUCKET HAVING A SLIDING DISPENSER - An ice bucket is provided that includes an ice chamber, a dispensing tube, a base, and a sliding dispenser. The ice chamber has a chamber opening in a bottom wall. The dispensing tube is fixed to the bottom wall in communication with the chamber opening. The base has a base opening and a stabilizing bar. The sliding dispenser has a front lip, a depressed tray section, and a slider opening. The sliding dispenser is positioned through the base opening on the stabilizing bar so that an appendage of the dispensing tube is received in the depressed tray section. The sliding dispenser is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The slider opening, in the retracted position, is blocked by the stabilizing portion. However, the slider opening, in the extended position, is unblocked by the stabilizing portion. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120055191 | Refrigerator - A refrigerator having an ice thermal storage device. The refrigerator includes a cabinet, a storage compartment defined in the cabinet, and an ice thermal storage device placed in the storage compartment. The ice thermal storage device includes a case including at least one heat transfer plate, and an ice thermal storage pack received in the case and arranged to come into contact with the at least one heat transfer plate. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120304684 | Ice Bin Assembly - In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, an ice bin assembly for a refrigerator is described. The ice bin assembly further includes an ice storage container having at least one upper guide element and at least one lower guide element. The upper guide element is located above a plane that intersects a center of mass of the ice storage container and the lower guide element is located below the plane that intersects the center of mass of the ice storage container. The upper guide element is configured to contact the upper docking element when the ice storage container is seated on the base and the lower guide element is configured to contact the lower docking element when the ice storage container is seated on the base. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20140137594 | ICE STORAGE BIN WITH IMPROVED DOOR AND IMPROVED DOOR INCORPORATING HOOKS - An ice storage bin assembly including an ice storage bin having a cavity for the storage of ice and an opening which provides access to the cavity for retrieval of ice stored therein. The ice storage bin assembly further includes a door rotatably connected to the ice storage bin by one or more hinges which permit the door to swing down from a closed position to an open position. When the door is in the closed position, the door closes the opening and when the door is in the open position, the cavity of the ice storage bin is accessible. Optionally, one or more hooks may be disposed on the back side of the door, such that the one or more hooks are adapted to temporarily retain a bucket when the door is in the open position. | 05-22-2014 |
| 062460000 | Flowing ice melt heat exchanger within cooled enclosure | 1 |
| 20150135763 | NATURALLY REFRIGERATED COOLER AND ICE BIN - An apparatus, system and method for natural refrigeration comprising a naturally refrigerated cooler and ice bin containing an ice bin with a refrigerator compartment suspended within it. The ice bin and cooler compartment are configured such that when ice cubes and the resulting cold water are loaded into the ice bin, the ice cubes and resulting cold water surround the refrigerator compartment and act to remove heat from inside the refrigerator compartment. | 05-21-2015 |
| 062463000 | Partially surrounding storage compartment | 1 |
| 20120055192 | BOTTLE CHILLER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A bottle chiller including a housing and an inner member positioned within the housing is presented, the inner member having a first portion and a second portion such that the first portion rests on the second portion, the inner member including a plurality of spaced apart openings. The first portion has a first diameter and the second portion has a second diameter, the second diameter being greater than the first diameter. The second portion of the inner member is configured to receive water and a vertical gap portion extending from an inner surface of the housing to an outer surface of the first portion of the inner member is configured to receive ice. | 03-08-2012 |
