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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Alan Joseph Mitchell, Evansville, IN (US);
Jason Robert Yochum, Evansville, IN (US);
Ginger Elayne Patera, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Alan Joseph Mitchell, Evansville, IN (US);
Jason Robert Yochum, Evansville, IN (US);
Ginger Elayne Patera, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A water dispenser is provided which includes a housing for the dispenser, a dispensing area associated with the housing and including a space for receiving a receptacle for receiving a charge of water from the dispenser, a water outlet through which water is dispensed into the dispensing area, and a fixed flange support positioned between the water outlet and the dispensing area arranged to receive a flavor insert device in a substantially horizontally sliding manner. The flavor insert device includes a cup having a flange extending around at least a portion of a periphery of the cup, a porous enclosure located in the cup, and a supply of solid flavor particles contained in the porous enclosure.