Inventors:
Matthew William Davis - Prospect KY, US
Wayne E. Lawson - LaGrange KY, US
Russell J. Fallon - Louisville KY, US
Jeffrey Mellinger - Louisville KY, US
Bipin Shaha - Louisville KY, US
William Merritt Nall - Louisville KY, US
Daniel S. Renz - Louisville KY, US
Arun Madhav Talegaonkar - Louisville KY, US
Thomas White - Louisville KY, US
Anthony Ray Brieschke - Louisville KY, US
Aaron Williamson - Cosby TN, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Wilton CT
International Classification:
B67D 3/00, F25C 5/18
US Classification:
222504, 62344, 222564, 2221466
Abstract:
In an embodiment of the present invention, a refrigerator with an ice dispenser is shown. The ice dispenser has a user dispense panel. The user dispense panel comprises a dispense control and an ice outlet. A ice storage compartment defines a first interior volume. An ice chute flow connects the ice storage compartment and the ice outlet. The chute comprises a first end in flow communication with the ice storage compartment and a second end in flow communication with the ice outlet. A member is configured between the first and second ends. The member comprises an interior volume in flow communication with the first and second ends. A flow axis is formed from the first end to the second end. The member has a restriction.