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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
Vinayak Naik, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric Scalf, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 3/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 3/0025 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00036 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator utilizes a dispenser control with a multi-function control paddle to perform multiple dispenser functions in response to different types of actuation of the control paddle. The control paddle may be positioned below one or more dispenser openings and pivotable in multiple directions about one or more axes such that placement of a container below the one or more dispenser openings and against different actuation regions of the control paddle will initiate different dispenser functions.