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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Brian Allgeier, Louisville, KY (US);

Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Louisville, KY (US);

Erik Stennis, Louisville, KY (US);

Kira Hartlage, Louisville, KY (US);

Collin Dietz, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 31/06 (2006.01); A01G 9/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 31/06 (2013.01); A01G 9/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

An indoor gardening appliance includes a grow module that is seated on a turntable that is rotatably mounted within a grow chamber and is rotated by a drive assembly. A position sensing assembly monitors an angular position using two proximity sensors, such as Hall-effect sensors, mounted below the sump at the same circumferential position but at different radial positions. The turntable includes a plurality of proximity indicators, such as magnets, positioned at each of three circumferential positions on the turntable and at different radiuses to define a two-digit binary code corresponding to each of the three circumferential positions that is detectable by the proximity sensors.


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