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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Eric R. Meyerholtz, Evansville, IN (US);
Manoj K. Shrestha, Newburgh, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Smale, Evansville, IN (US);
Larry A. Lutz, Evansville, IN (US);
Eric R. Meyerholtz, Evansville, IN (US);
Manoj K. Shrestha, Newburgh, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Smale, Evansville, IN (US);
Larry A. Lutz, Evansville, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Refrigeration devices that have a water dispensing system to dispense water to an exterior water dispenser from a water supply line have need of a water vessel for storing water under pressure within the refrigeration device until dispensed. The water vessel has an inlet for receiving water from the water supply line and an outlet for dispensing water to the exterior water dispenser. A plurality of pressure resistant walls are formed between the inlet and the outlet to form an internal volume to reservoir water within the water vessel. The water vessel is constructed to reservoir water within the vessel under hydrostatic pressure from the water supply line until dispensed through the outlet when requested by the exterior water dispenser and/or the icemaker.