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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Danister Abeygunawardana, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Jianwu Li, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory Scott Carr, Louisville, KY (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US);
Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US);
Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael C. Watanabe, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A beverage-dispensing appliance may include a cabinet, a liquid line, a liquid level sensor, and a signal shield. The cabinet may define a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction. The cabinet may define a dispenser recess. The liquid line may be mounted to the cabinet and define a liquid outlet above the dispenser recess. The liquid level sensor may be mounted to the cabinet and directed at the dispenser recess. The signal shield may be movably mounted to the cabinet. The signal shield may be movable between a blocking position and a permissive position. The blocking position may laterally bound at least a portion of the dispenser recess. The permissive position may be transversely spaced apart from the dispenser recess to permit lateral access thereto.