Refrigerator appliance having an air-cooled clear ice making assembly

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12196473
APP PUB NO 20230332816A1
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17722502

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A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet, a liner, a thermodynamic assembly, an air conduit, a heat exchange (HE) sleeve, a conductive ice mold, and a water dispenser. The liner defines an icebox (IB) compartment. The air conduit disposed within the IB compartment to define a conduit path between a conduit inlet and a conduit outlet downstream from the conduit inlet. The heat exchange (HE) sleeve is disposed along the air conduit between the conduit inlet and the conduit outlet. The HE sleeve includes a conductive panel extending across the conduit path. The conductive ice mold is mounted to the HE sleeve within the IB compartment. The conductive ice mold defines a mold cavity outside of the air conduit. The water dispenser is positioned below the conductive ice mold to direct an ice-building spray of water to the mold cavity.

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HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS INCCORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE STREET WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Junge, Brent Alden Louisville, US 147 651
Mitchell, Alan Joseph Louisville, US 120 1038
Nuss, Bart Andrew Fisherville, US 50 225

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