Auto-water shut-off for an external door water dispenser

    公开(公告)号:US11339046B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US17176564

    申请日:2021-02-16

    发明人: John Gracki

    摘要: A refrigerator including a refrigerated compartment and a door to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerated compartment. A dispenser unit is positioned on the door that is configured to dispense content into a receptacle. The dispenser unit includes a receptacle support, a dispensing system, a sensor system with at least a first sensor and a second sensor. A control unit electrically coupled to the dispensing system and sensor system. The dispensing system is configured to operate the first sensor to determine the receptacle height and the second sensor to determine the liquid height within the receptacle. The control unit determines when to stop filling the receptacle based on the two measurements. A method for detecting when to shut off the dispensing unit when dispensing liquid into a receptacle.

    DUAL-MODE FLUID CONNECTOR CAPABLE OF BEING SWITCHED BETWEEN DIFFERENT OPERATING MODES

    公开(公告)号:US20220144617A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17467960

    申请日:2021-09-07

    IPC分类号: B67D1/07 B67D1/12

    摘要: A dual-mode fluid connector includes: a hollow connecting element, comprising a chamber inside the hollow connecting element; a material tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the camber; a cleaning tube, positioned on the hollow connecting element and connected through the camber; a head portion, positioned on one terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a connecting opening, wherein the connecting opening can be detachably connected to a material container; a rear portion, positioned on another terminal of the hollow connecting element and having a through hole; and a rod, inserted into the chamber via the through hole.

    Bag-in-keg container with fixed pressure PRV

    公开(公告)号:US11299384B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US17291366

    申请日:2019-11-08

    摘要: A bag-in-keg container for a carbonated beverage has a container body C, a flexible bag B within the container body, and a valve closure V attached to the container body. The valve closure includes a gas inlet port (11), a liquid dispensing port (12), and spring-loaded valve member (6) to sealably close the gas inlet and liquid dispensing ports. An adapter (20) sealingly attached to the flexible bag B incorporates a bag PRV (26) to vent gas pressure from within the flexible bag. A container PRV (40) vents gas pressure from between the container body C and the flexible bag B. The bag PRV has a valve shuttle with one side exposed to gas pressure within the flexible bag B and an opposite side exposed to gas pressure within a sealed plenum chamber (37). The bag PRV therefore operates at a fixed pressure independent of the differential pressure between the bag and the outer container. This solves the problem of venting excess pressure within the keg whilst still allowing the dispensing gas to achieve the equilibrium.

    Water dispensing device for dispensing water having consistent taste

    公开(公告)号:US11298659B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16761424

    申请日:2018-10-30

    申请人: Conopco, Inc.

    摘要: The water dispensing device of the present invention with the given flow path of water and the control circuit configured store at least two threshold TDS values XA and XB, wherein XA is a higher TDS value than XB; and to drain water from the treatment unit through the drain line, when TDS value sensed is higher than XA, and alternately when the sensed value of TDS is less than XB then direct water from the reject line into the first recycle line; it was seen that the TDS of the output water of the device was in a constant range and the device of the present invention also contributed to minimizing the wastage of water by allowing recycling of water through the reject line of the treatment unit.

    LIQUID PURIFIER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220055884A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17517931

    申请日:2021-11-03

    IPC分类号: B67D1/12 B67D1/00 B67D1/14

    摘要: Provided is a water purifier. The water purifier includes a water purifier body provided with a filter, purifying raw water supplied from the outside, and supplying purified water, a water discharge module of which at least a portion is coupled to protrude to the front of the water purifier body so that at least a portion thereof rotates or is elevated with respect to the water purifier body and which is provided with a water discharge nozzle, which supplies the purified water supplied from the water purifier body to a user, in a lower end thereof, a driving unit providing power providing power required for the rotation and elevation of the water discharge module, a detection unit installed in the water purifier body or the water discharge module to recognize a position and size of a container placed around the water purifier body, and a control unit receiving position information and size information of the container from the detection unit to control the driving unit so that the water discharge nozzle moves above the container.

    Beverage dispenser and method therefore for suppression of germ formation

    公开(公告)号:US11242274B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US16542449

    申请日:2019-08-16

    摘要: The present invention discloses a beverage dispenser, including: an inlet connected to a water source; an outlet for dispensing the water to a user vessel; at least one filter element having an input and an output for filtered water; a pump for pumping water to the input of the filter element; a flow sensor connected between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the flow sensor determines the actual flow rate of the water; at least one water preparation element connected between the output for outputting filtered water and the outlet and adapted to prepare the water for drinking by a human, wherein the water preparation element comprises a water preparation rate input by which the water preparation rate of the water preparation element can be controlled; and a controller connected to the water preparation rate input of the water preparation element and the flow sensor, wherein the controller controls the water preparation rate of the water preparation element by a signal to the water preparation rate input such that the water preparation rate is proportional to the actual flow rate.