Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ice dispenser with automated flap opening
- Patent Title (中): 冰机具有自动化的皮瓣打开
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Application No.: US12679708Application Date: 2008-09-12
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Publication No.: US08376184B2Publication Date: 2013-02-19
- Inventor: Martin Buchstab , Jürgen Diebold , Irene Dumkow , Klaus Flinner , Markus Hanichl , Bernd Heger , Peter Nalbach , Günter Raubold , Gerald Schmidt , Martin Schweyer
- Applicant: Martin Buchstab , Jürgen Diebold , Irene Dumkow , Klaus Flinner , Markus Hanichl , Bernd Heger , Peter Nalbach , Günter Raubold , Gerald Schmidt , Martin Schweyer
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
- Current Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agent James E. Howard; Andre Pallapies
- Priority: DE102007048574 20071010
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/062190 WO 20080912
- International Announcement: WO2009/049979 WO 20090423
- Main IPC: B67D3/00
- IPC: B67D3/00 ; G05D7/00

Abstract:
A device for removing condensation from an ice duct of an ice dispenser for a refrigerator. The device may include a flap, which is arranged to seal an output opening of the ice dispenser and a controller for the flap, which is designed to move the flap between a closed position, in which the inner side of the flap contacts the edge of the outlet opening and a dispensing position in which the flap is withdrawn from the edge of the outlet opening to permit the dispensing of ice cubes. Further, the controller is designed to open the flap after expiry of a first time period, during which the flap is not moved by the action of a user or by the controller and to close the flap after expiry of a second time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100200621A1 ICE DISPENSER Public/Granted day:2010-08-12
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