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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Nihat O. Cur, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Steven J. Kuehl, Stevensville, MI (US);
Mark M. Senninger, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Douglas D. Leclear, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Gregory Gene Hortin, Henderson, KY (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main refrigeration loop and a canister configured in a parallel circuit with the main refrigeration loop between the compressor and evaporator, with a liquid-filled bladder within the canister. The canister is pressurized by high-pressure refrigerant from the compressor, which forces the liquid within the bladder out of the bladder and to a pressurized water reservoir in fluid communication with the bladder and configured to house the evaporator and then out to a dispenser.