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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Ramij Ismail Sayyad, Hyderabad, IN;
Syed Moin Ahmed, Hyderabad, IN;
Srinivas Pasham, Hyderabad, IN;
Chaitanya Krishna Karanam, Hyderabad, IN;
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly includes a dispenser recess with a flexible hose that is in fluid communication with a water supply to deliver water to the dispenser recess. The dispensing assembly also includes an actuating mechanism in operative communication with the water supply to cause the water supply to deliver a flow of water to the flexible hose when the actuating mechanism is activated. The dispensing assembly further includes a vibration generator coupled to the flexible hose and in operative communication with the actuating mechanism such that the vibration generator is activated when the actuating mechanism is activated. The vibration generator moves the flexible hose relative to the dispenser recess when the vibration generator is activated, thereby providing a wave pattern flow of water from the flexible hose.