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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2024
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Michael Gaunt, Louisville, KY (US);
Gregory Butorin, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric L. Scalf, Louisville, KY (US);
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
A refrigerator dispenser may include a dispenser control that includes an integrated dispense level input sensor through which a user can indicate a desired dispense level for an automatic dispense operation performed with the refrigerator dispenser. With such a dispenser control, a user may, for example, direct user input to the dispense level input sensor to select a selected position along a substantially vertical direction, such that an automatic dispense operation may dispense a controlled level of dispense product corresponding to the selected position into a container.