| US 7,475,555 B2 | ||
| Water dispenser assembly and method of assembling same | ||
| Ramesh Janardhanam, Louisville, Ky. (US); Kenneth Hanley, Rochester Hills, Mich. (US); Abdel Hamad, Prospect, Ky. (US); John Kenneth Hooker, Louisville, Ky. (US); Anil Kumar Tummala, Louisville, Ky. (US); Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Louisville, Ky. (US); Eric Paez, Louisville, Ky. (US); and Eric Scott Johnson, Louisville, Ky. (US) | ||
| Assigned to General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/258,657. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0089450 A1, Apr. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25C 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—89 [62/340; 62/389; 222/146.6] | 20 Claims |
| 10. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet;
an ice maker arranged within said cabinet, said ice maker configured to produce ice;
a water dispenser arranged within said cabinet and in communication with said ice maker, said water dispenser configured to
dispense a volume of water into said ice maker;
a flow meter operatively coupled to said water dispenser, said flow meter configured to accurately detect the volume of water
dispensed into said ice maker; and
a controller operatively coupled to said flow meter and said water dispenser, said controller programmed to control a valve
to dispense an adjusted volume of water into said ice maker by compensating for the measured volume of water passing through
said flow meter with a volume error factor correction.
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