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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
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 1/04 (2006.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/465 (2013.01); A47J 31/4489 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 2400/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispensing assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The dispensing assembly includes a tank that defines a fluid chamber and a heating element for heating fluid within the fluid chamber. An inlet conduit directs liquid into the fluid chamber, a first outlet conduit directs liquid out of the fluid chamber, and a second outlet conduit directs gas out of the fluid chamber. The dispensing assembly also includes valves for regulating fluid flow through the inlet conduit and the first and second outlet conduits.