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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerome Johnson Tiemann, Schenectady, NY (US);
Andrew Philip Shapiro, Schenectady, NY (US);
Walter Whipple, III, Amsterdam, NY (US);
Richard DeVos, Goshen, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/1074 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/1074 ;
Abstract
A rotary doser valve includes a stator with a plurality of ports therein which cooperates with a rotor having a plurality of channels therein. The rotor is rotatable against the stator in first and second positions which alternately channel water to and from a doser for refilling an icemaker in a preferred use.