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公开(公告)号:US12117231B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17910508
申请日:2021-03-25
CPC分类号: F25D17/065 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/22 , F25D21/004 , F25D29/00 , F25C2400/10 , F25D2317/061 , F25D2317/063 , F25D2317/0681
摘要: An ice maker (126) including an ice maker frame having an air inlet provided at a first end thereof. An ice tray (144) is rotatably secured to the ice maker frame and configured to form ice pieces therein. An air handler (142) includes an outlet diffuser having a central body defined by a first wall—and a radially spaced apart second wall, wherein a plurality of radially extending fins are disposed between the first and second walls. Each of the fins is spaced apart, one from the other, along an outer peripheral surface of the first wall. In an installed position, the outlet diffuser is disposed directly adjacent the air inlet at the first end of the ice maker frame. A method is provided for synchronizing an ice making cycle of an ice making unit and a defrost cycle of an evaporator.
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公开(公告)号:US12085325B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US17468815
申请日:2021-09-08
发明人: Zhuochen Shi
IPC分类号: F25C1/18
CPC分类号: F25C1/18 , F25C2300/00 , F25C2600/02 , F25C2700/12
摘要: An ice maker for a refrigeration appliance, the ice maker including an ice maker frame and an ice tray housed within the ice maker frame and configured to form ice pieces therein. An air handler is disposed adjacent the ice maker frame and an ice maker fan is disposed within the air handler and is configured to direct cooled airflow out of the air handler and into the ice maker frame. A controller is configured to operatively control the ice maker during an ice making cycle. The ice maker is operable in a first mode and a second mode. When the ice maker is operated in the second mode, the ice maker fan is cycled on and off during predetermined time intervals in order to produce clear ice pieces.
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公开(公告)号:US20240263867A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18235929
申请日:2023-08-21
CPC分类号: F25D17/047 , F25D21/14 , F25D23/006 , F25D23/061 , F25D23/062 , F25D2321/146
摘要: A jumper drain for a refrigerator appliance, the jumper drain including a housing with a cavity defined therein and that is in fluid communication with a storage compartment of the refrigerator appliance. An inlet and an outlet extend from the housing and are both in fluid communication with the cavity. The outlet is disposed at a location that is offset from the inlet. A pressure equalizer opening is formed in the housing. The pressure equalizer opening is configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and an ambient environment external to the refrigerator appliance in order to equalize a pressure differential within the refrigerator appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US12000642B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US17356905
申请日:2021-06-24
发明人: Zhuochen Shi , Thomas McCollough
CPC分类号: F25C5/02 , F25C1/10 , F25C5/182 , F25C2305/022 , F25C2400/10 , F25D2303/081
摘要: A refrigerator appliance includes an ice packer assembly including an enclosure with a rotatable door, and an ice mold slidably supported by the enclosure. The ice mold is configured to translate between a first position and a second position. The door is configured to rotate from a first orientation to a second orientation as the ice mold is translated from the first position to the second position. The enclosure defines a pass-through opening therethrough. The door opens up the pass-through opening when rotated to the first orientation, and closes the pass-through opening and defines a platform for receiving crushed ice thereon when it is rotated to the second orientation.
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公开(公告)号:US20240110745A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-04
申请号:US17955823
申请日:2022-09-29
CPC分类号: F25D23/126 , F25D17/04 , F25D23/066 , F25D2201/126 , F25D2323/121 , F25D2323/122
摘要: An interior layout for a refrigerator appliance features an interior liner defining a recess for a water tank, and an air tower assembly defining a space for the water tank laterally outside the air plenum of the air tower assembly. The water tank is arranged in the recess and secured to the liner with a mounting bracket. The air tower assembly includes insulation and an air tower cover. The insulation defines an opening that is dimensionally aligned with the recess and partially receives the water tank therein. The air tower cover is disposed about the insulation and conceals the water tank.
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公开(公告)号:US11867445B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17156995
申请日:2021-01-25
发明人: Zhuochen Shi , Raony Barrios
CPC分类号: F25C5/08 , F25C1/04 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2500/00 , F25C2600/00 , F25C2700/06 , F25C2700/12
摘要: In a method for controlling an ice maker, a motor rotates an ejector finger relative to an ice tray in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction to discharge ice from the ice tray. When an error condition occurs, the ice maker enters a first error mode, during which an ice maker heater is turned on until the temperature of the ice tray reaches a predetermined temperature or until an ice maker heater error correction time elapses. When the ejector finger is at a home position, the motor rotates in the second direction until the ejector finger is not at the home position or for a first predetermined number of steps, whichever occurs first, and then rotates in the first direction until the ejector finger is at the home position.
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公开(公告)号:US11828530B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-28
申请号:US17545389
申请日:2021-12-08
发明人: Cory Brown , Elki Spino , Kwa'shun Jackson , Mitchell Madsen , Emmett Kornfeld , Nathanael Andersen
IPC分类号: F25D25/02
CPC分类号: F25D25/02 , F25D2325/021
摘要: A shelf assembly for a refrigerator includes a shelf; a base member defining a channel; a link member coupling the shelf to the base member such that the shelf is movable relative to the base member between a first position and a second position; a first pin pivotably coupling the link member to the base member; and a second pin pivotably coupling the link member to the shelf. The channel of the base member receives the second pin in the second position.
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公开(公告)号:US11781797B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-10
申请号:US16916639
申请日:2020-06-30
发明人: Marcelo Candeo , Cory Dale Simpson
CPC分类号: F25D17/045 , F25D17/065 , F25D23/066 , F25D2317/067 , F25D2317/0666 , F25D2321/1441
摘要: Provided is a refrigeration appliance that includes a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. An opening is provided between the freezer compartment and the fresh food compartment to allow air to flow from the fresh food compartment to the freezer compartment and an air tower located within the fresh food compartment is adapted to deliver air from the freezer compartment to the fresh food compartment.
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公开(公告)号:US20230272955A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-31
申请号:US18314551
申请日:2023-05-09
发明人: Zhuochen Shi , Thomas W. McCollough
CPC分类号: F25C1/04 , F25D11/022 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/182 , F25C5/22 , F25C5/08 , F25C2700/06 , F25C2305/024
摘要: An ice maker apparatus includes an ice mold having first and second ends spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the ice mold via opposite, first and second lateral sides. A first recess is formed in the first lateral side of the ice mold. A first thermally insulative cover has a first depression formed therein and is removably attached to the ice mold and disposed adjacent to the first lateral side thereof. The first recess and the first depression collectively define a first passage therebetween. An ice maker evaporator is provided and has a first leg. The first leg is disposed within the first passage.
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公开(公告)号:USD995579S1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US29828429
申请日:2022-02-25
设计人: Saba Rizzi
摘要: FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an ice maker showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a left side view thereof; and,
FIG. 5 is a top view thereof.
The broken line showing of the remainder of the ice maker forms no part of the claimed design.
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