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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2018
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Sharath Chandra, Hyderabad, IN;
Joshna Konudula, Hyderabad, IN;
Allamneni Naga Tejaswini, Hyderabad, IN;
Koncha Chandra Sekhar, Hyderabad, IN;
Andrew Reinhard Krause, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance and ice dispenser is provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, an ice maker attached to the cabinet, a dispenser recess defined on the refrigerator appliance, and a dispenser conduit disposed within the dispenser recess. The dispenser conduit may include a chute wall. The chute wall may define an ice passage, one or more fluid inlets, a manifold channel, and one or more fluid outlets. A fluid inlet may be positioned radially outward from the ice passage in fluid communication with a fluid source selectively supplying a fluid flow thereto. The manifold channel may extend within the chute wall about at least a portion of the ice passage. The manifold channel may be in downstream fluid communication with the fluid inlet. A fluid outlet may be defined through the chute wall in downstream fluid communication with the manifold channel.