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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Andrew Reinhard Krause, La Grange, KY (US);
Robert Lee Lewis, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Louisville, KY (US);
Arun Talegaonkar, Louisville, KY (US);
Alan Joseph Mitchell, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeffrey Martin Wood, Louisville, KY (US);
Lorina June White, Louisville, KY (US);
Russell James Fallon, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeffrey Michael Colyer, Allen Park, MI (US);
Jason Andrew May, Prospect, KY (US);
Andrew Reinhard Krause, La Grange, KY (US);
Robert Lee Lewis, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Kevin Farrelly Nolan, Louisville, KY (US);
Arun Talegaonkar, Louisville, KY (US);
Alan Joseph Mitchell, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeffrey Martin Wood, Louisville, KY (US);
Lorina June White, Louisville, KY (US);
Russell James Fallon, Louisville, KY (US);
Jeffrey Michael Colyer, Allen Park, MI (US);
Jason Andrew May, Prospect, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A refrigeration appliance with a hot water dispenser includes a refrigerated cabinet having a dispenser area, a cabinet water inlet in the refrigerated cabinet connectable to a premises water line, and a hot water storage tank. The tank has a tank body, a heater in the tank body, an inlet for admitting water into the tank body supplied via the cabinet water inlet, and an outlet for providing water via a dispensing conduit to a dispenser in the dispenser area. The inlet includes a venturi portion for creating a reduced pressure within the hot water storage tank via flow of water into the hot water storage tank. The reduced pressure communicates with the dispensing conduit via the outlet so that, after dispensing water remaining in the dispensing conduit is drawn toward the tank body. Refrigeration devices with premises line pressure water distribution systems are also disclosed.