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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Francis Bird, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/20 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/465 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 2400/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispenser assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser body that defines a dispenser recess. A heated liquid water outlet is configured for directing a flow of heated liquid water towards a container within the dispenser recess. The dispenser assembly also includes a cooling mechanism configured for selectively directing a flow of gaseous fluid towards the container within the dispenser recess.