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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Edward Brewer, New Berlin, WI (US);
Eric K. Larson, Cumberland, RI (US);
William Dante Chatelle, Cranston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/187 (2018.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25C 1/22 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/187 (2013.01); F25C 1/22 (2013.01); F25C 5/24 (2018.01); F25C 2300/00 (2013.01); F25C 2400/04 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ice-maker () provides a weight-sensing ice bin () that provides multiple levels of ice measurement thereby allowing improved control strategies that reduce ice making or ice making rate in accordance with anticipated ice usage to eliminate energy costs and the need to discard stale ice cubes. The weight sensor may be an induction sensor where the coil also serves a heating function for defrosting.