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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kirk W. Goodwin, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Vikas Malhotra, Stevensville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2600/02 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example dispensers, refrigerators and methods to dispense objects are disclosed. A disclosed example dispenser includes a discharging lever to turn on/off discharge of the objects, a discharging shutter to open a discharging hole through which the objects are discharged, a discharge shutter driving part to operate the discharging shutter, a discharge driving part to discharge the objects, and a controller to sense a feedback signal from the discharge shutter driving part, and control the discharge driving part in response to the sensed feedback signal.