Refrigeration appliance

Abstract

A refrigeration appliance includes a carcass having a coolable freezer compartment. A door leaf is hinged to the carcass and provided for opening and closing the freezer compartment. Disposed in the freezer compartment is an ice maker, which includes an ice production apparatus for producing ice cubes, an ice storage container for storing the ice cubes, an insulating housing, in which the ice production apparatus and the ice storage container are disposed, and which has a dispenser for dispensing ice cubes stored in the ice storage container, and a sealing apparatus for opening and closing the dispenser.

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         11 . A refrigeration appliance, comprising:
 a carcass having a coolable freezer compartment;   a door leaf hinged to the carcass and provided for opening and closing the freezer compartment; and   an ice maker disposed in the freezer compartment, said ice maker including
 an ice production apparatus for producing ice cubes, 
 an ice storage container for storing the ice cubes, 
 an insulating housing, in which the ice production apparatus and the ice storage container are disposed, said housing comprising a dispenser for dispensing ice cubes stored in the ice storage container, and 
 a sealing apparatus for opening and closing the dispenser. 
   
     
     
         12 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 11 , constructed in the form of a household refrigeration appliance. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the housing is constructed for at least one of thermal insulation and insulation against moisture. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the dispenser of the housing is configured as an opening in a base of the housing. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 14 , wherein the sealing apparatus is configured in either of two ways, a first way in which the sealing apparatus is a flap, a second way in which the sealing apparatus is provided with a seal disposed on a side facing the opening. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 11 , further comprising an anti-freeze unit constructed to prevent freezing of the sealing apparatus. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 16 , wherein the dispenser of the housing is configured as an opening in a base of the housing, said anti-freeze unit being configured in either of two ways, a first way in which the anti-freeze unit is configured as a heating facility disposed in a region of the opening, a second way in which the anti-freeze unit is configured as a blowing facility to blow cold air from the freezer compartment into a region around the sealing apparatus. 
     
     
         18 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 16 , further comprising a control apparatus to actuate the anti-freeze unit as a function of an opening state of the door leaf. 
     
     
         19 . The refrigeration appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the control apparatus is configured to actuate the anti-freeze unit when the door leaf is open.