US Patent 7418831 Refrigerator with diagonal ice chute dispenser

Patent 7418831 was granted and assigned to Maytag on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Maytag

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7418831

Date of Patent

September 2, 2008

Patent Application Number

11421818

Date Filed

June 2, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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William E. Tapolcai

Patent abstract

A refrigerator having a dispenser in a front panel of the door. The door has an outer door pan with an outer door cavity and an inner liner having an inner liner cavity. An angled ice chute may be placed through both the inner liner cavity and the outer door cavity to move ice to the dispenser. The inner liner has more storage space over conventional ice chute dispensers. The dispenser may have a housing that positions a control panel and water outlet forward the front panel.