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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Sooraj Puthiyaveetil, Evansville, IN (US);
Sinuhé Argumedo, Guadalupe, MX;
Jeffrey Neil Wilson, Evansville, IN (US);
Frank W. Klitzing, Evansville, IN (US);
Matthew P. Dieg, Evansville, IN (US);
Kevin R. Leatherwood, Evansville, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Smale, Newburgh, IN (US);
Mark G. Steffenhagen, Evansville, IN (US);
Sooraj Puthiyaveetil, Evansville, IN (US);
Sinuhé Argumedo, Guadalupe, MX;
Jeffrey Neil Wilson, Evansville, IN (US);
Frank W. Klitzing, Evansville, IN (US);
Matthew P. Dieg, Evansville, IN (US);
Kevin R. Leatherwood, Evansville, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Smale, Newburgh, IN (US);
Mark G. Steffenhagen, Evansville, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator having an in-door water dispenser and a water routing system is provided with a cabinet. A door is reversibly hinged to the cabinet at either a first edge or a second edge. A water supply line leads from a water reservoir and has a first connection at a first top front corner of the cabinet and a second connection at a second top front corner. A feeder line leads from the dispenser to a top surface of the door with an end at one of the first door edge and the second door edge. When the door is hinged along the first edge, the end of the feeder line is connected to the first connection and when the door is hinged along the second edge, the end of the feeder line is connected to the second connection.