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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2007
Nihat O. Cur, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Timothy T. Murphy, Saugatuck, MI (US);
Michael A. Kahwaji, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Paul B. Allard, Stevensville, MI (US);
Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Claiton E. Amaral, Joinville/SC, BR;
Marcos Heinzle, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Nihat O. Cur, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Timothy T. Murphy, Saugatuck, MI (US);
Michael A. Kahwaji, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Paul B. Allard, Stevensville, MI (US);
Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Claiton E. Amaral, Joinville/SC, BR;
Marcos Heinzle, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A water dispenser in a refrigerator door can include a filter casing in the door opening into the bottom of the dispenser housing. The filter casing can include a top wall positioned in the bottom of the dispenser housing, a head assembly at the bottom of the filter casing connected to the water supply and to a water outlet in the dispenser, and can include a filter casing drain. A filter cartridge in the filter casing can connect to the head assembly. The filter casing can include a filter retainer mounted adjacent the opening into the filter casing and can hold the filter cartridge connected to the head assembly in a first position and can release the filter cartridge in a second position. The filter casing can include a drain line leading from the filter casing drain to a pan outside the refrigerated space.