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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2018
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Gustavo Frattini, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Sarah M. Galea, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Daniel E. Lottinville, Stevensville, MI (US);
Vikas C. Mruthyunjaya, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a door operably connected to the cabinet, the door having a closed position relative to the cabinet and an opened position relative to the cabinet, and the door transitions from the closed position to the opened position in a non-circular path; a liquid outlet disposed at the cabinet; and a liquid receiver disposed at the door, the liquid receiver configured to receive liquid exiting the liquid outlet when the door is in the closed position but not in the opened position. The refrigerator can further include a gasket adjacent to the liquid receiver and a gasket adjacent to the liquid outlet. When the door is in the closed position, the gasket of the door can cooperate with the gasket of the cabinet to form a sealed channel to seal liquid transfer from the liquid outlet to the liquid receiver for use at the door.