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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Zhuochen Shi, Clemson, SC (US);
Thomas McCollough, Piedmont, SC (US);
Marcelo Candeo, Anderson, SC (US);
Cornel Comsa, Anderson, SC (US);
Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A refrigeration appliance that includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment. A door is pivotably coupled to the cabinet and movable between a closed position for closing the storage compartment and an open position for allowing access to the storage compartment. A dispensing assembly is disposed on at least one of the cabinet and the door for supplying water and/or ice. The dispensing assembly includes a dispensing tube fluidly connected to a source of water and having an outlet opening for allowing a stream of water to exit the dispensing tube upon command and an illumination system for illuminating a predetermined target location that corresponds to a position of a terminal end of the stream of water exiting from the dispensing tube.