Refrigeration – Automatic control – Of external fluid or means
Patent
1998-12-17
2000-03-28
Tapolcai, William E.
Refrigeration
Automatic control
Of external fluid or means
62137, 1374875, 222 59, F25C 112
Patent
active
060416076
ABSTRACT:
A refrigerator which can supply water from a household water supply system into an ice tray, or alternatively, can supply water from a separate water tank into the ice tray. The refrigerator has a housing having a refrigerating chamber, a freezing chamber, and an evaporator chamber which is disposed at a rear portion of the freezing chamber, an ice tray disposed in the freezing chamber, a motor assembly for rotating the ice tray when a liquid filled in the ice tray is frozen, a valve box installed on an upper surface of the housing for receiving the liquid from a household water supply system or from a liquid tank, a fluid path for guiding the liquid from the valve box to the ice tray, a rotating fan assembly for detecting an amount of the liquid flowed into the ice tray, a solenoid valve assembly for adjusting the amount of the liquid being supplied into the ice tray, and an electric control unit for operating the solenoid valve assembly based on an electric signal inputted from the rotating fan assembly.
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Tapolcai William E.
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