Adjustable shelf assembly for an appliance

    公开(公告)号:US11125491B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16578680

    申请日:2019-09-23

    摘要: An appliance includes a cabinet and a shelf assembly. The shelf assembly includes a lead screw mounted to the cabinet such that the lead screw is rotatable. A shelf support is mounted to the cabinet such the shelf support is translatable relative to the lead screw. The shelf support has a housing. A nut is disposed within the housing of the shelf support and is threaded on the lead screw. The nut has a plurality of teeth at an outer surface of the nut. A locking plunger has at least one tooth. An actuator is coupled to the locking plunger. The actuator is operable to selectively mesh the at least one tooth of the locking plunger with the plurality of teeth of the nut.

    REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCES HAVING MULTIPLE FLUIDLY-CONNECTED, CHILLED CHAMBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210055032A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16547939

    申请日:2019-08-22

    IPC分类号: F25D17/06 F25D11/02 F25D17/08

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a first liner, a second liner, a first fan, a second fan, and a return line. The cabinet may define an evaporator chamber. The first liner may be attached to the cabinet and may define a first chilled chamber having a primary air inlet, a secondary air inlet, and an air outlet. The second liner may be attached to the cabinet and may define a second chilled chamber spaced apart from the first chilled chamber, the second chilled chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet. The return line may extend in fluid communication from the air outlet of the second chilled chamber to the secondary air inlet of the first chilled chamber.

    REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE HAVING A PLURALITY OF EVAPORATORS FOR COOLING SEPARATE CHAMBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20210033332A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16526042

    申请日:2019-07-30

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet defining a fresh food (FF) chamber and a freezer (Fz) chamber, a liner, and a sealed system. The liner may define an icebox (IB) compartment. The sealed system may include a compressor, a condenser, a multi-path valve, a first expansion device, a second expansion device, a FF evaporator, an IB evaporator, and a Fz evaporator. The multi-path valve may be downstream from the condenser to selectively direct refrigerant between a fluid-parallel first restrictor path and second restrictor path. The first expansion device may be mounted in fluid communication along the first restrictor path. The second expansion device may be mounted in fluid communication along the second restrictor path. The FF evaporator may be downstream from the first restrictor path. The IB evaporator may be downstream from the FF evaporator. The Fz evaporator may be downstream from the IB evaporator.

    DUCT SYSTEM FOR A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180299182A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15486371

    申请日:2017-04-13

    摘要: A duct system for a refrigerator appliance is provided. A fresh food supply duct provides fluid communication between an evaporator chamber and a fresh food chamber. A convertible chamber supply and return duct each provide fluid communication between the evaporator chamber and a convertible chamber. A dual damper is operably coupled to the convertible chamber supply and return duct for selectively and simultaneously opening or closing the convertible chamber supply duct and the convertible chamber return duct.

    REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE WATER FILTER WITH EMBEDDED LEAK SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220178784A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17115192

    申请日:2020-12-08

    IPC分类号: G01M3/26 F25D29/00

    摘要: A water filter for a refrigerator appliance with a sensor embedded in the water filter and related methods of detecting a leak in the refrigerator appliance are provided. Such methods include, and the refrigerator appliance may be configured for, measuring, by the sensor embedded in the water filter, at least one of water pressure in the water filter and flow through the water filter. A rate of change of the at least one of water pressure in the water filter and flow through the water filter over time is calculated. When there is no system demand for water, a leak is detected based on the increase in the rate of change over time.

    DRAINLESS ICE MACHINE WITH CLEANING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220107127A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17064753

    申请日:2020-10-07

    IPC分类号: F25C5/185 F25C1/25 F25C5/20

    摘要: An icemaker appliance includes a cabinet forming an ice storage compartment, a first reservoir provided within the ice storage compartment, a circulation system arranged within the first reservoir, an ice maker provided within the first reservoir to dispense ice into the ice storage compartment, a second reservoir connected to the ice storage compartment, a return line conduit connected to the second reservoir and the first reservoir to direct melt water from the second reservoir to the first reservoir, a second pump provided at the second reservoir to pump melt water through the return line conduit, and a cleanout line having a first end connected to the second reservoir and a second end exposed outside of the cabinet.

    Refrigerator appliances and methods for tracking stored items

    公开(公告)号:US11288506B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US16582158

    申请日:2019-09-25

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06K9/62 H04N5/225

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet, a camera module, and a controller. The camera module may be mounted to the cabinet. The controller may be operably coupled to the camera module. The controller may be configured to initiate an operation routine. The operation routine may include receiving a purchase invoice, initiating an item recognition sequence within the refrigerator appliance, generating an initial recognition attempt of a first stored item based on the item recognition sequence, comparing the initial recognition attempt of the first stored item to the purchase invoice, generating a modified recognition attempt of the first stored item based on the comparison of the initial recognition attempt the first stored item to the purchase invoice, and recording a descriptor of the first stored item to an inventory within the refrigerator appliance.

    COOLING SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE WITH FLEXIBLE CHAMBER IN DOOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210102745A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US16595642

    申请日:2019-10-08

    IPC分类号: F25D23/04 F25D23/10

    摘要: A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food chamber, a freezer chamber, and a flexible chamber defined in a door of the refrigerator appliance. The refrigerator appliance also includes a cooling system configured to provide cooled air to the fresh food chamber, the freezer chamber, and the flexible chamber. The sealed cooling system includes a fresh food fan configured to urge air from at least a first part of the cooling system to the fresh food chamber, a door-in-door fan configured to urge air from at least a second part of the cooling system to the flexible chamber, and a freezer fan configured to urge air from a third part of the cooling system to the freezer chamber.