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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Free-standing beverage dispensing appliance and method for operating a beverage dispensing appliance
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US);
Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Louisville, KY (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0884 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/0895 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid supply device includes a tank, an electric heating element, a dispenser to dispense liquid from the tank, and a controller configured to initiate a user-responsive heating operation. The user-responsive heating operation includes recording data regarding dispensed liquid amount and temperature, developing an expected heating pattern for the electric heating element, detecting a user, and directing the electric heating element accordingly.