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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Joseph Thomas Waugh, Louisville, KY (US);
Jose Rafael Padron, Louisville, KY (US);
Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, and an autofill pitcher dispensing system. The system includes a removable pitcher defining an interior portion, a dispenser defining a cavity within the chilled chamber to receive the pitcher and including a fill tube for directing water from a water supply into the interior portion of the pitcher, an electrically operated sensor configured to detect an operational status of the system and generate a signal associated with the detected operational status, and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor. The controller is configured to determine when the autofill pitcher dispensing system is experiencing a leaking condition based on the generated signal.