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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2023
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Rachel Winckler, Louisville, KY (US);
Samuel Vincent Duplessis, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An ice making appliance includes a casing, a water tank, and an ice maker with an inlet. The ice making appliances also includes a fitting comprising two or more ports, and a flexible tubing conduit that includes a tube extending from one port of the fitting and a tube extending from another port of the fitting. One of the ports of the fitting is in fluid communication with the water tank, and another port of the fitting is in fluid communication with the inlet of the ice maker. The tube of the flexible tubing conduit between the inlet of the ice maker and one of the ports of the fitting comprises an internal diameter greater than an internal diameter of the other tube between the other port of the flexible tubing conduit and the water tank.