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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Andrew Reinhard Krause, LaGrange, KY (US);
Russell James Fallon, Louisville, KY (US);
Jason Andrew May, Prospect, KY (US);
Andrew Reinhard Krause, LaGrange, KY (US);
Russell James Fallon, Louisville, KY (US);
Jason Andrew May, Prospect, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly for filtering water includes a housing, a water inlet for supplying unfiltered water to the housing, and a water filter including an outer casing attached to the housing in communication with the water inlet and a filter medium within the outer casing, the water filter filtering the unfiltered water through filter medium to provide filtered water. A water outlet is attached to the housing for transferring filtered water from the outer casing to a device via the housing. Some sort of indicia is located on the outer casing, and an optical device detects a feature of the indicia to determine if the water filter is properly installed in the housing. Related refrigeration appliances incorporating such devices are also disclosed.