ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230148086A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US16866639

    申请日:2020-03-05

    IPC分类号: F25C5/20 F25C5/182

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance or ice supply, as provided herein, may include an ice maker, an ice bucket, and a shutter. The ice maker may include a mold body defining a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The ice bucket may define a first chamber and a second chamber. The second chamber may be separated from the first chamber. The ice bucket may further define an outlet opening having a first portion in fluid communication with the first chamber and a second portion in fluid communication with the second chamber. The shutter may be disposed at the outlet opening and movable between a first position and a second position. The first position may include the shutter covering the second portion and spaced apart from the first portion. The second position may include the shutter covering the first portion and spaced apart from the second portion.

    Ice making assembly and refrigerator appliance

    公开(公告)号:US11732945B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US16866639

    申请日:2020-03-05

    IPC分类号: F25C5/20 F25C5/182

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance or ice supply, as provided herein, may include an ice maker, an ice bucket, and a shutter. The ice maker may include a mold body defining a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The ice bucket may define a first chamber and a second chamber. The second chamber may be separated from the first chamber. The ice bucket may further define an outlet opening having a first portion in fluid communication with the first chamber and a second portion in fluid communication with the second chamber. The shutter may be disposed at the outlet opening and movable between a first position and a second position. The first position may include the shutter covering the second portion and spaced apart from the first portion. The second position may include the shutter covering the first portion and spaced apart from the second portion.

    Adjustable drip tray for a dispensing assembly

    公开(公告)号:US11261077B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17002882

    申请日:2020-08-26

    IPC分类号: B67D1/16 F25D23/12

    摘要: A dispensing assembly for an appliance includes a dispenser and a mounting panel positioned below the dispenser, the mounting panel defining a sliding pocket and a locking indentation. A tray assembly is slidably mounted to the mounting panel within the sliding pocket and includes a drip tray defining a locking flange for receipt within the sliding pocket and a plunger mechanism movably mounted to the drip tray for moving a locking pin between an engaged position where the vertical position of the drip tray is locked and a disengaged position where the drip tray is movable along the vertical direction.

    ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230112446A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US16866629

    申请日:2020-03-05

    IPC分类号: F25C5/04 F25C1/24

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance or ice making assembly, as provided herein, may include a body and an ejector. The body may include an ice mold for receiving and freezing water. The ice mold may define a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The first compartment may define a first cube profile. The second compartment may be axially-spaced apart from the first compartment and define a second cube profile. The second cube profile may be different from the first cube profile. The ejector may be rotatably disposed above the first cube profile and the second cube profile to motivate ice from the first and second compartments.

    Refrigerator appliance with mixing dispenser

    公开(公告)号:US11598576B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17091490

    申请日:2020-11-06

    发明人: Jianwu Li

    IPC分类号: B67D1/00 F25D23/12 B67D1/08

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a food storage chamber defined in the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet. The door includes an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, wherein the inner surface faces towards the food storage chamber when the door is in the closed position and the outer surface faces away from the food storage chamber when the door is in the closed position. The refrigerator appliance also includes a dispenser assembly with a plurality of liquid sources fluidly coupled to the dispenser assembly and a multi-fluid tube. Each liquid source of the plurality of liquid sources is fluidly coupled to the dispenser assembly through the multi-fluid tube.

    REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE GUIDED FOOD STORAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20210372694A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16885522

    申请日:2020-05-28

    摘要: A method of operating a refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a controller and a plurality of food storage compartments. The method includes identifying a food item, such as in response to a user input. The method also includes retrieving optimal or preferred storage conditions for the identified food item. The method may include modifying the conditions of a selected food storage compartment and/or providing instructions to modify the conditions of the selected food storage compartment.