Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice maker
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Application No.: US14943530Application Date: 2015-11-17
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Publication No.: US09976786B2Publication Date: 2018-05-22
- Inventor: Brian J. Beuligman , Scott Daniel Boyd , Trevor Hawkins , Steven L. Proctor , Chad J. Rotter , William C. Montgomery
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC
- Main IPC: G05D9/00
- IPC: G05D9/00 ; G05D9/12 ; F25C1/22

Abstract:
A stand alone ice making appliance or an ice maker within an appliance is provided including a water inlet, a water inlet valve disposed within the water inlet configured to allow water passage when in an open position and configured to prevent water passage when in a closed position, a reservoir in fluid communication with the water inlet, a water level sensor disposed in the reservoir, and a control unit in electrical communication with the water level sensor and the water inlet valve. The control unit is configured to calculate a fluid flow rate using the time between the water inlet valve opening and the water level sensor communicating when a first predetermined water level has been reached within the reservoir, and use the calculated flow rate to calculate a total water inlet valve open time to fill the reservoir to a second predetermined water level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160069601A1 Ice Maker Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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