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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Toby Whitaker, LaGrange, KY (US);
Mark Wayne Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);
John Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);
Toby Whitaker, LaGrange, KY (US);
Mark Wayne Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);
John Joseph Roetker, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A liquid dispensing apparatus for a refrigerator includes a storage tank in fluid communication with a water inlet. The storage tank is configured to retain water flowing into the water inlet. An auxiliary tank is in fluid communication with the storage tank. The auxiliary tank includes a housing with a piston disposed therein. The piston is movable in a first direction to fill a portion of an interior volume of the housing with water and in a second direction to expel water from the interior volume of the housing.