公开(公告)号：US06438976B2

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09873991

申请日：2001-06-04

申请人： Andrew Philip Shapiro ,  Jerome Johnson Tiemann ,  Walter Whipple ,  Timothy Scott Shaffer ,  William Merritt Nall, Jr. ,  Eayre Bruce Voorhees ,  Steven Paraszczak

发明人： Andrew Philip Shapiro ,  Jerome Johnson Tiemann ,  Walter Whipple ,  Timothy Scott Shaffer ,  William Merritt Nall, Jr. ,  Eayre Bruce Voorhees ,  Steven Paraszczak

IPC分类号： F25C112

CPC分类号： F25C1/125 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C5/06 ,  F25C5/14 ,  F25C5/182 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2700/02 ,  F25D2400/06

摘要： An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.

摘要翻译： 制冰机组件设置在具有冷冻室，冷藏室和相应的冷冻室和新鲜食物门组件的冰箱内。 制冰机组件包括定位在冷冻室内的输送机组件，其具有柔性输送带，多个独立的冰块模具用于制造各个冰块。 一个冰块储物箱位于输送机组件的下面，用于储存冰块，并设置一个满量感应器，用于确定冰块储藏箱内冰块的填充水平。

公开(公告)号：US07426838B1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-23

申请号：US09617935

申请日：2000-08-17

申请人： Andrew Philip Shapiro ,  Jerome Johnson Tiemann ,  Walter Whipple ,  Timothy Scott Shaffer ,  William Merritt Nall, Jr. ,  Eayre Bruce Voorhees ,  Steven Paraszczak

发明人： Andrew Philip Shapiro ,  Jerome Johnson Tiemann ,  Walter Whipple ,  Timothy Scott Shaffer ,  William Merritt Nall, Jr. ,  Eayre Bruce Voorhees ,  Steven Paraszczak

IPC分类号： F25C1/12

CPC分类号： F25C1/125 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C5/06 ,  F25C5/14 ,  F25C5/182 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25C2700/02 ,  F25D2400/06

摘要： An icemaker assembly is disposed within a refrigerator having a freezer compartment, a fresh food compartment and respective freezer and fresh food door assemblies. The icemaker assembly comprises a conveyor assembly positioned within the freezer compartment having a flexible conveyor belt with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin is positioned below the conveyor assembly for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin.

摘要翻译： 制冰机组件设置在具有冷冻室，冷藏室和相应的冷冻室和新鲜食物门组件的冰箱内。 制冰机组件包括定位在冷冻室内的输送机组件，其具有柔性输送带，多个独立的冰块模具用于制造各个冰块。 一个冰块储物箱位于输送机组件的下面，用于储存冰块，并设置一个满量感应器，用于确定冰块储藏箱内冰块的填充水平。

公开(公告)号：US06178821B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-30

申请号：US09236427

申请日：1999-01-25

申请人： Sudhir Dattatraya Savkar ,  Walter Whipple

发明人： Sudhir Dattatraya Savkar ,  Walter Whipple

IPC分类号： G01D900

CPC分类号： G01L1/103 ,  G01D5/145

摘要： A vibration sensing device including a strip bearing a pattern of markings. The strip is caused to slide back and forth in front of a sensor as the result of vibration or displacement of an object to which either the strip or the sensor is attached. By varying the spacing between the markings on strip, the direction and approximate speed of the motion can be sensed by the frequency of the signal generated by movement of the pattern past the sensor and its rate of change. The vibration sensing device can be made to sense out of balance (OOB) or vibratory motion of a piece of equipment such as a washing machine, motor engine or other device during use or transport.

摘要翻译： 一种振动感测装置，包括带有标记图案的条带。 由于带或传感器所附着的物体的振动或位移，导致条带在传感器前面前后滑动。 通过改变条带上的标记之间的距离，运动的方向和近似速度可以通过由图案经过传感器的移动产生的信号的频率及其变化率来感测。 振动感测装置可以在使用或运输期间使感知不平衡（OOB）或诸如洗衣机，发动机或其他装置的设备的振动运动。