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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Solomon Muthumani, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Jawahar Gopalan, Tirunelveli, IN;
John Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);
Toby Whitaker, Loveland, CO (US);
Solomon Muthumani, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Jawahar Gopalan, Tirunelveli, IN;
John Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);
Toby Whitaker, Loveland, CO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A dispensing system for an appliance has a main tank for holding a fluid. The main tank controls the temperature of the fluid. A dispenser outlet fluidly is connected to the tank by a dispenser fluid line. An auxiliary tank holds a volume of the fluid. A flow control device selectively moves the fluid held in the auxiliary tank to the main tank then through the dispenser fluid line to the dispenser outlet and selectively removes the fluid remaining in the dispenser fluid line after dispensing.