公开(公告)号：US20120324914A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13166016

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  ROGERIO SOARES BRISOLA ,  FERNANDO LUIZ FREITAS FILHO ,  WILLIAM SILVA ,  VANESSA CHRISTINA RIBERIO ,  SIMONE M. VIDAL ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  ROGERIO SOARES BRISOLA ,  FERNANDO LUIZ FREITAS FILHO ,  WILLIAM SILVA ,  VANESSA CHRISTINA RIBERIO ,  SIMONE M. VIDAL ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

IPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/18

CPC分类号： F25D21/14 ,  F25C1/08 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2400/14

摘要： A refrigerator having a water circulation and drainage system includes a fresh food compartment with a liner and a drain, an icemaker system having an ice forming cavity with a draining mechanism, and an ice storage bin coupled to a drain line for draining excess liquid from the ice storage bin. The water circulation and drainage system includes a water tank having an inlet port and an overflow device for draining water. The system also includes a drainage tank having a first water tank inlet port for receiving water from the overflow device of the water tank, a second water inlet port for receiving water from the ice storage bin, and a third inlet port for receiving water from the liner.

摘要翻译： 具有水循环和排水系统的冰箱包括具有衬里和排水口的新鲜食物室，具有排水机构的冰形成腔的制冰机系统和联接到排水管的储冰箱，用于从 储冰箱 水循环和排水系统包括一个具有入口的水箱和用于排水的溢流装置。 该系统还包括排水箱，其具有用于从水箱的溢流装置接收水的第一水箱入口，用于从储冰箱接收水的第二进水端口和用于从储水箱接收水的第三入口 衬垫。

公开(公告)号：US20120324916A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13166102

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  ROGERIO SOARES BRISOLA ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  JAMES PETERSON ,  FABIO E. ROSA ,  VANESSA CHRISTINA RIBERIO ,  SIMONE M. VIDAL ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  ROGERIO SOARES BRISOLA ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  JAMES PETERSON ,  FABIO E. ROSA ,  VANESSA CHRISTINA RIBERIO ,  SIMONE M. VIDAL ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

IPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/08 ,  F25C5/18

CPC分类号： F25C1/08 ,  F25C1/18 ,  F25C2305/022 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2400/14

摘要： A clear ice making system and method utilizes an ice tray including a plurality of ice forming cavities extending into a fluid supply cavity. Fluid supplied to the fluid supply cavity flows into each of the plurality of ice forming cavities and out through respective fluid outlets located in a bottom portion of the ice forming cavities to a fluid outlet chamber below. Cooled ice forming members extend into respective ice forming cavities. Fluid is continuously cycled through the ice forming cavities and around the ice forming members during an ice making event such that clear ice pieces gradually form on each of the ice forming members. During an ice harvest event, ice forming members are heated to release formed ice pieces, and the ice pieces are transferred from a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator to an ice storage bucket located in a freezer compartment of the refrigerator.

摘要翻译： 清晰的制冰系统和方法利用包括延伸到流体供应腔中的多个成冰腔的冰盘。 提供给流体供应腔的流体流入多个冰形成空腔中的每一个，并且通过位于冰形成腔的底部中的相应流体出口流出到下面的流体出口室。 冷成冰构件延伸到各自的制冰腔中。 流体在制冰事件期间连续循环穿过成冰腔并在冰层周围，从而在每个冰成形构件上逐渐形成清晰的冰块。 在冰捕获事件期间，加热冰形成部件以释放形成的冰块，并将冰块从冰箱的新鲜食物室转移到位于冰箱的冷冻室中的储冰桶中。

公开(公告)号：US20120324913A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13165973

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  JAMES C.L. GUARINO ,  TONY L. KOENIGSKNECHT ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MATTHEW E. YOUNG

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  JAMES C.L. GUARINO ,  TONY L. KOENIGSKNECHT ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MATTHEW E. YOUNG

IPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/18

CPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/18 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25C5/24

摘要： An ice making, transferring and storing system includes an icemaker located in the fresh food compartment and an ice storage bin, located in one of the fresh food and freezer compartments, for receiving ice from the icemaker. A first ice transfer mechanism delivers ice from the icemaker to the ice storage bin. An ice dispenser is located in one of the fresh food and freezer doors. A second ice transfer mechanism selectively delivers ice from the ice storage bin to the ice dispenser.

摘要翻译： 制冰，转运和储存系统包括位于新鲜食物室中的制冰机和位于新鲜食物和冷冻室之一中的用于从制冰机接收冰的储冰箱。 第一个冰块传输机制将冰从制冰机传送到储冰箱。 一个冰淇淋机位于新鲜食品和冷冻门之一。 第二个冰传送机构选择性地将冰从储冰箱传送到冰分配器。

公开(公告)号：US20120324919A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13166125

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  KEVIN M. CHASE ,  TONY L. KOENIGSKNECHT ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MATTHEW E. YOUNG

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  KEVIN M. CHASE ,  TONY L. KOENIGSKNECHT ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MATTHEW E. YOUNG

IPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/18 ,  F25C5/08 ,  F25C1/24

CPC分类号： F25C1/20 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C1/24 ,  F25C2305/022 ,  F25C2700/12

摘要： A clear ice making system and method utilizes an ice forming tray pivotally connected to opposing side walls of an icemaker housing. Ice forming fingers of a dedicated evaporator extend into fluid within the ice forming tray, and are cooled by communication with the refrigerant circulating system of the refrigerator. A motor oscillates the ice forming tray about a longitudinal axis at a frequency of about 0.4-0.6 hertz as fluid channels freezes on the ice forming fingers over time, forming clear ice pieces. During an ice dispensing event, the motor pivots the ice making tray about the longitudinal axis such that fluid remaining within the ice making tray drains into a fluid reservoir below. The ice forming fingers are then heated to release the clear ice pieces for transfer from the fresh food compartment to the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.

摘要翻译： 透明的制冰系统和方法利用可枢转地连接到制冰机壳体的相对侧壁的制冰托盘。 专用蒸发器的成冰指状物延伸到冰形托盘内的流体中，并通过与冰箱的制冷剂循环系统的连通来冷却。 随着流体通道在冰上形成手指随时间的冻结，形成清晰的冰块，电机以约0.4-0.6赫兹的频率围绕纵向轴线摆动冰块托盘。 在冰分配事件期间，马达围绕纵向轴线枢转制冰托盘，使得残留在制冰塔内的流体排入下面的流体储存器中。 然后加热形成冰的指状物以释放透明的冰块，以从新鲜食物室转移到冰箱的冷冻室。

公开(公告)号：US20120324918A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13165995

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  TONY L. KOENIGSKNECHT ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MATTHEW E. YOUNG

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  TONY L. KOENIGSKNECHT ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MATTHEW E. YOUNG

IPC分类号： F25C5/08 ,  F25C1/00

CPC分类号： F25D11/022 ,  F25B5/00 ,  F25B47/022 ,  F25B2400/0409 ,  F25C2400/10

摘要： A refrigeration system for a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment, an icemaker in the fresh food compartment includes distinct freezer, fresh food and icemaker evaporators and associated valving operating in conjunction with a common compressor and condenser in order to effectively regulate temperatures in specified zones of the refrigerator throughout various operational modes including at least a freezer cooling mode, a fresh food cooling mode and an ice harvesting mode. The icemaker can be serially linked with the fresh food evaporator during cooling of the fresh food compartment, while being also being selectively isolated for the ice harvesting mode.

摘要翻译： 一种用于冰箱的制冷系统，其具有冷藏室，新鲜食物隔室，新鲜食物室中的制冰机，包括明显的冷冻室，新鲜食物和制冰机蒸发器以及与普通压缩机和冷凝器结合运行的相关阀门，以便有效地调节温度 在各种操作模式中的冰箱的特定区域中，包括至少冷冻器冷却模式，新鲜食物冷却模式和收冰模式。 在新鲜食物室的冷却期间，制冰机可以与新鲜食物蒸发器连接，同时也被选择性地隔离用于采冰模式。

公开(公告)号：US20120324917A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13166068

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  ANDREW M. TENBARGE ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  ANDREW M. TENBARGE ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

IPC分类号： F25C5/02 ,  F25C5/18 ,  F25C1/00

CPC分类号： F25C1/12 ,  F25C1/18 ,  F25C5/08 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25C2400/10

摘要： A clear ice making assembly and method utilizes a housing having an upper fluid chamber, a plurality of distinct, substantially vertical fluid channels, and at least one fluid outlet aperture in fluid communication with a bottom fluid chamber. During an ice making event, portions of an ice forming evaporator extending through the housing are exposed to water flowing into the fluid channels from the upper fluid chamber. The ice forming evaporator is formed with microchannels through which refrigerant flows such that water flowing across the fluid channels freezes on the exposed portions of the ice forming evaporator over time, forming clear ice pieces. In a harvesting operation, the ice pieces are released from the ice forming evaporator and transferred for storage and/or dispensing.

摘要翻译： 透明的制冰组件和方法利用具有上流体室，多个不同的，基本上垂直的流体通道的壳体以及与底部流体室流体连通的至少一个流体出口孔。 在制冰事件期间，延伸穿过壳体的成冰蒸发器的部分暴露于从上流体室流入流体通道的水。 形成冰的蒸发器形成有微通道，制冷剂通过该通道流动，使得流过流体通道的水随着时间的流逝在冰形蒸发器的暴露部分上冻结，形成清晰的冰块。 在收割操作中，将冰块从成冰蒸发器中释放并转移以进行储存和/或分配。

公开(公告)号：US20120324915A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13166085

申请日：2011-06-22

申请人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  ANDREW M. TENBARGE ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

发明人： ANDERSON BORTOLETTO ,  NIHAT CUR ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  ANDREW M. TENBARGE ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

IPC分类号： F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/18

CPC分类号： F25C1/18 ,  F25C1/12 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25C5/24 ,  F25C2400/04 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2400/14

摘要： An ice making assembly and method utilizes a housing having an upper fluid chamber, a plurality of distinct, substantially vertical fluid channels, and at least one drain aperture in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. Ice forming members extend from an ice forming evaporator into respective fluid channels. During an ice making event, fluid continuously supplied to the upper fluid chamber flows into each of the fluid channels and out through at least one drain aperture into a fluid reservoir below. The ice forming members are cooled such that fluid flowing across the fluid channels freezes on the ice forming members over time, forming clear ice pieces. The ice pieces are subsequently released from the ice forming members and transferred for storage and/or dispensing.

摘要翻译： 制冰组件和方法利用具有上流体室，多个不同的，基本上垂直的流体通道的壳体以及与流体储存器流体连通的至少一个排水孔。 成冰构件从冰形成蒸发器延伸到相应的流体通道中。 在制冰事件期间，连续供应到上部流体室的流体流入每个流体通道，并通过至少一个排放孔流出到下面的流体储存器中。 冰形成构件被冷却，使得流过流体通道的流体随时间在冰形成构件上冻结，形成清晰的冰块。 冰块随后从冰形成构件中释放并转移以用于储存和/或分配。

公开(公告)号：US20110048056A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：US12550774

申请日：2009-08-31

申请人： FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH ,  KEVIN M. CHASE ,  BRIAN P. JANKE ,  SHREECHARAN KANCHANAVALLY ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

发明人： FARHAD ASHRAFZADEH ,  KEVIN M. CHASE ,  BRIAN P. JANKE ,  SHREECHARAN KANCHANAVALLY ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE

IPC分类号： F25C5/02 ,  F25C5/18 ,  H04N7/18

CPC分类号： F25D29/006 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25D23/126 ,  F25D2700/04

摘要： A safety system for an ice and liquid dispenser of a refrigerator is used to sense the presence of human skin in a dispensing well. The safety system includes a digital image capture device focused on a dispenser well for capturing images of objects, such as hands, in the dispenser well and a digital image analyzer operatively coupled to the digital image capture device. The digital image analyzer evaluates the digital images captured by the digital image capture device to determine if human skin color is detected in the image of the object in the dispensing well. If human skin color is detected, thus indicating a hand in the dispensing area, any dispensing operation will be prevented and an alert will be provided.

摘要翻译： 使用冰箱的冰和液体分配器的安全系统来感测分配井中人皮肤的存在。 安全系统包括聚焦在分配器井上的数字图像捕获装置，用于在分配器井中捕获诸如手的物体的图像，以及可操作地耦合到数字图像捕获装置的数字图像分析器。 数字图像分析器评估由数字图像捕获装置拍摄的数字图像，以确定在分配井中的物体的图像中是否检测到人类皮肤颜色。 如果检测到人皮肤颜色，从而指示分配区域中的手，则将防止任何分配操作，并且将提供警报。

公开(公告)号：US20100276442A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-04

申请号：US12434121

申请日：2009-05-01

申请人： KAREN J. QUERFURTH ,  AMERESH B. VISWANATHAN ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MICHELE E. WILCOX

发明人： KAREN J. QUERFURTH ,  AMERESH B. VISWANATHAN ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MICHELE E. WILCOX

IPC分类号： B65D83/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  G05D23/00 ,  B67D5/06

CPC分类号： F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/12

摘要： An appliance with a rear wall section, a first side wall section, and a second side wall section, defining an interior. The appliance includes a refrigerator section within the appliance interior and the refrigerator section has the same or a smaller volume than the appliance interior. The appliance also includes a door with an exterior surface and an interior surface with a door liner. Further included is a module removably engaged with the appliance. Yet further included is a resealable comestible dry goods container having a defined interior volume, an exterior, and a bottom portion where the container is removably engaged within the module.

摘要翻译： 一种具有后壁部分，第一侧壁部分和第二侧壁部分的装置，其限定内部。 该器具包括在器具内部的冰箱部分，并且冰箱部分具有与器具内部相同或更小的体积。 该器具还包括具有外表面的门和具有门衬垫的内表面。 还包括可拆卸地与器具接合的模块。 还包括一种可重新密封的可食用干货容器，其具有限定的内部容积，外部和底部，其中容器可拆卸地接合在模块内。

公开(公告)号：US20100293987A1

公开(公告)日：2010-11-25

申请号：US12469968

申请日：2009-05-21

申请人： GALE R. HORST ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  KAREN J. QUERFURTH ,  AMERESH B. VISWANATHAN ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MICHELE E. WILCOX

发明人： GALE R. HORST ,  DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR ,  KAREN J. QUERFURTH ,  AMERESH B. VISWANATHAN ,  RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE ,  MICHELE E. WILCOX

IPC分类号： F25D11/00 ,  H01B7/00

CPC分类号： F25D23/00 ,  F25D2400/40 ,  H01R12/675 ,  H01R13/005

摘要： An elongated polymeric ribbon is mounted to the cabinet of a refrigerator/freezer or the door and at least one electrical conductor is integrally formed in the ribbon, which also integrally includes at least one fluid conduit. In one embodiment, the ribbon is mounted in association with an elongated spine, such that a module can be mounted anywhere along the spine and coupled to the polymeric ribbon for receiving operating utilities therefrom. This system provides the manufacturer with the capability of positioning a module requiring operating utilities at any desired location within a refrigerator/freezer cabinet and/or on the doors of the refrigerator/freezer. The ribbon connector is accessed by connections which allow dealers to customize refrigerators for individual consumers.

摘要翻译： 细长的聚合物带安装到冰箱/冷冻柜或门的柜中，并且至少一个电导体一体地形成在带中，该带还整体地包括至少一个流体导管。 在一个实施例中，带与细长的脊相关联地安装，使得模块可以沿着脊柱安装在任何地方并且耦合到聚合物带以从其接收操作用途。 该系统为制造商提供了在冰箱/冷柜内和/或冰箱/冰箱门上的任何所需位置定位需要运行设施的模块的能力。 带状连接器可通过连接进行访问，允许经销商为个人消费者定制冰箱。