Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerator dispenser with a feedback signal
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Application No.: US14275028Application Date: 2014-05-12
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Publication No.: US09772135B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Kirk W. Goodwin , Vikas Malhotra
- Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Main IPC: B67D1/00
- IPC: B67D1/00 ; F25C5/00

Abstract:
Example dispensers, refrigerators and methods to dispense objects are disclosed. A disclosed example dispenser includes a discharging lever to turn on/off discharge of the objects, a discharging shutter to open a discharging hole through which the objects are discharged, a discharge shutter driving part to operate the discharging shutter, a discharge driving part to discharge the objects, and a controller to sense a feedback signal from the discharge shutter driving part, and control the discharge driving part in response to the sensed feedback signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150084495A1 DISPENSERS, REFRIGERATORS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING OBJECTS Public/Granted day:2015-03-26
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