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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Seokki Yun, Seungnam-si, KR;
Geon Ho Kim, Seungnam-si, KR;
Dong Soo Shin, Seoul, KR;
Kang Sun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/187 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ice making system for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The ice making system includes an ice maker, an ice bucket and an ice cube level sensing assembly. The ice cube level sensing assembly includes an infrared light emitter and an infrared light receiver. The infrared light emitter directs infrared light into a storage volume of the ice bucket, and the infrared light receiver receives infrared light from the infrared light emitter reflected by ice cubes within the storage volume of the ice bucket.