REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE INCLUDING A WATER FILTER WITH WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER

    公开(公告)号:US20240261709A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18164899

    申请日:2023-02-06

    Abstract: A water filter for a refrigerator appliance including a transmitter power coil. The water filter includes a body forming a liquid receiving space; a filter material provided within the receiving space to filter water therethrough; a first antenna attached to the body, the first antenna facilitating a wireless communication between the refrigerator appliance and the water filter; a power harvesting circuit attached to the body, the power harvesting circuit being operably connected with the first antenna; and one or more electronic components operably coupled to the power harvesting circuit, wherein the antenna wirelessly receives a first electromagnetic field from the transmitter power coil to provide power to the one or more electronic components via the power harvesting circuit.

    DRIP-RESISTANT BEVERAGE DISPENSER FOR AN APPLIANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20220240712A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17166150

    申请日:2021-02-03

    Abstract: A beverage dispensing assembly may include a dispensing body and a siphon conduit. The dispensing body may define a dispense chamber. The dispensing body may extend along a dispenser axis between an upper end and a lower end. The dispensing body may include a wall defining an outlet at the lower end. The siphon conduit may extend from the wall within the dispense chamber upstream of the outlet. The siphon conduit may define a dispensing threshold above the outlet to set a predetermined initiation height of liquid dispensing from the dispense chamber. The siphon conduit may further defining a drain threshold below the dispensing threshold to set a predetermined cut-off height of liquid dispensing from the dispense chamber.

    INDOOR GARDEN CENTER WITH A NUTRIENT CARTRIDGE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220142073A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17093406

    申请日:2020-11-09

    Abstract: An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module that is rotatably mounted within a grow chamber and that defines pod apertures for receiving a plurality of plant pods. A nutrient cartridge assembly includes a manifold defining a cartridge receptacle for receiving a nutrient cartridge. The manifold defines a follower pin for engaging a track system on the nutrient cartridge such that a user simply pushes the nutrient cartridge into the cartridge receptacle to install the cartridge. When the nutrient cartridge needs to be removed, the user pushes the nutrient cartridge again and the track system/follower pin cause relative rotation between the nutrient cartridge and the follower pin to a circumferential orientation from which it can slide out of the cartridge receptacle.

    Dispense control system for a refrigerator appliance

    公开(公告)号:US10947104B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16243280

    申请日:2019-01-09

    Abstract: A dispense control system for a dispensing assembly of a refrigerator appliance and a method for operating the same are provided. The dispensing assembly defines a base plane for receiving a container. A dispense control system includes an emitter for directing a beam of energy toward the container and the base plane and a receiver for detecting a projection of the beam of energy in an image plane of the receiver. The dispense control system may be configured to obtain a measured displacement of the projection when the container is positioned on the base plane, and an actual height of the container or a liquid level within the container may be determined from the measured displacement of the projection.

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