Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool S.a.

Whirpool Corporation

Marcos Heinzle

Nihat O Cur

Guolian Wu

Steven John Kuehl

Paul B Allard

Michael A Kahwaji

Timothy T Murphy

Jean Marcelo Ferreira

Claiton E Amaral

Marcus Roland Fischer

Verne H Myers

Alexandre C Azevedo

Claiton Emilio Do Amaral

Luis Fernando Welin

Leandro Berno Lidio

Gustavo Lazzaris De Bona

Darci Cavali

Bruno A Boehringer

Mahalingappa Chudamani Mulimani

Dakota E Kosek

Benjamin G Jimenez

Taylor Clark

Murilo P Almeida

Jean Carlos Dalchau

Omid Madani

Jacquelline Marques Da Silva

Cristiano Felipe

Alisson Costa DaSilva

Atul Dhiman

Gustvo Lazzaris Debona

Alisson Costa Dasilva

Navya Mastanaiah

Gustvo Lazzaris De Bona

A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment and a mullion adjacent the fresh food compartment. The refrigerator further includes an evaporator compartment defining an exterior and an interior and containing an evaporator. The refrigerator also includes a duct in fluid communication with the evaporator compartment at a first end thereof and in communication with a second end adjacent an opening of the fresh food compartment. The duct has a first portion thereof that extends downwardly from the first end and a second portion extending through the mullion.

Augmented door bin cooling using a dedicated air duct in a dual-evaporator refrigerator configuration

A beverage dispensing apparatus which includes a tank, a liquid inlet and a fluid dispensing system which includes a dispensing fluid conduit having a helical portion at least substantially vertically oriented within the interior volume of the tank. The beverage dispensing apparatus also includes a fluid circulating system that includes at least one fluid circulation conduit having an inlet portion positioned proximate the bottom portion of the tank and at least one outlet. A fluid cycling device is also included in the beverage dispensing apparatus and is configured to move fluid from the bottom portion of the tank to the fluid circulation conduit. The at least one outlet is configured to produce a fluid flow tangential to the orientation of the dispensing fluid conduit configuration. Evaporator coils extend around a perimeter of the tank's exterior sidewall surface and are configured to chill the fluid within the tank.

Enhanced heat transfer to water

A beverage dispensing apparatus including a storage tank. At least one ice body is formed proximate the top portion of the storage tank. The ice body is formed in an icemaker configured to produce an ice body through direct contact with an evaporator coil and does not use cold air, or formed directly on a portion of the top portion of the storage tank using evaporator coils extending around a perimeter of the storage tank. The water is then configured to be carbonated and then dispensed to a user upon a user command.

Beverage system ice maker and ice and water reservoir

Diffuser for refrigerating appliance

Beverage system icemaker and ice and water reservoir

The assembly arrangement comprises a reservoir () on which a filling container () having a bottom wall () is mounted; and a filter() mounted to said bottom wall () which presents a seat portion () provided of one or more windows () and bearing a stopper element () provided of at least one opening () and moveable between a closed position and an open position of the seat portion (). The filter () is upwardly seated against the bottom wall () and coupled to the stopper element (), allowing the filter () to be moved between a release and assembly position, with the stopper element in the closed position, and an assembled position, moving the stopper element () to its open position and to which remains axially hold against said bottom wall (), communicating inlet orifices () of the filter () to the interior of the filling container ().

Arrangement of filter assembly for water dispensing-storage device

A water dispenser in a refrigerator door can include a filter casing in the door opening into the bottom of the dispenser housing. The filter casing can include a top wall positioned in the bottom of the dispenser housing, a head assembly at the bottom of the filter casing connected to the water supply and to a water outlet in the dispenser, and can include a filter casing drain. A filter cartridge in the filter casing can connect to the head assembly. The filter casing can include a filter retainer mounted adjacent the opening into the filter casing and can hold the filter cartridge connected to the head assembly in a first position and can release the filter cartridge in a second position. The filter casing can include a drain line leading from the filter casing drain to a pan outside the refrigerated space.

Water filter for refrigerator water dispenser

A refrigerator having an insulated cabinet and a door pivotally mounted to the cabinet having an exterior face including a dispenser cavity. An ice maker in the refrigerated storage space is arranged to make and harvest ice pieces. An ice delivery system on the inside of the door dispenses ice pieces into a dispenser cavity in the exterior face of the door. The ice delivery system can include an ice bin including a generally open top and having a bottom opening pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis below the ice maker. The ice can receive ice pieces harvested by the ice maker and discharge ice pieces through the bottom opening and the ice delivery system in a first position. The ice bin can tilt out to permit access to ice pieces, and can be removed from the ice delivery system, in a second position when the door is open.

Tilt-out ice bin for refrigerator

Tilt-out ice bin for a refrigerator

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