Whirlpool Corporation

Other

Jason Colsch

Bill J Koons

Steven G Herndon

Tim L Coulter

Todd E Kniffen

Joseph R Adamski

John H Tenhundfeld

Lou Montuoro

David Thalacker

Glenn E Goetz

Brett Vladika

Dennis William Fleege

Bret Vladika

Ignacio Dapic

Marco Antonio Ramirez Rodriguez

James G Tipton, Jr

A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an apparatus to permit the dispensing of ice. According to one embodiment, a sealed ice making compartment is provided within the fresh food compartment. The sealed ice making compartment may be located at the bottom, at the top, or along a side wall within the fresh food compartment. According to another embodiment, ice is made in the ice compartment, and lifted upward to a dispensing location through the door of the fresh food compartment.

Apparatus and method for dispensing ice from a bottom mount refrigerator

A user adjustment assembly for translating user-adjustable dial settings to tripping levels of an electronic trip unit includes a potentiometer and an adjustment button. The potentiometer is positioned inside a cover of the trip unit and includes a potentiometer button. The adjustment button is coupled to the potentiometer for mechanically adjusting it and includes an insulation disc for increasing resistance to electrostatic discharge, preventing contaminants from entering the printed wire assembly components, and preventing application of downward force to the potentiometer button. The insulation disc has a bottom surface that is dimensioned to be larger than the potentiometer button. The adjustment button includes one or more stops that trigger a fail safe operation mode where the tripping levels are automatically adjusted to higher or predetermined protective levels when the adjustment button is moved to those stop positions. Switch calibration is obviated and the simplified design reduces overall cost.

Low cost user adjustment, resistance to straying between positions, increased resistance to ESD, and consistent feel

A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an ice dispenser in the fresh food door to dispense ice from a sealed ice making compartment within the fresh food compartment. A conveyor carries ice from a storage bin in the ice compartment to the dispenser.

Ice maker and dispenser for a bottom mount refrigerator

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Shellsburg, IA, United States of America

Jason Colsch