Apparatus, method and system for a dispensing system of a refrigerated appliance

摘要

An apparatus, method and system for sensing parameters related to water and/or ice being dispensed from a dispensing station of a refrigerated appliance is disclosed. The dispensing system includes a sensing system positionable at the dispensing station at the point of dispension for liquid and/or ice to sense a parameter related to dispensed water and/or ice and produce a sensing signal.

主权项

1. A sensing system for use with a dispensing system of water and ice from separate dispensing outlets on a refrigerated appliance in communication with a dispension receiving area configured for receiving a receptacle, comprising:
a water dispension and an ice dispension from the separate dispensing outlets, each of the water dispension and the ice dispension having a detectable intrinsic parameter, the detectable intrinsic parameters detected near points of dispension originating at the separate dispensing outlets for dispensing into the receptacle; a sensor at each of the points of dispension of the separate dispensing outlet in the dispension receiving area in sensing communication with the points of dispension; a sensing signal of at least one of the detectable intrinsic parameters from the water dispension and the ice dispension acquired by the sensor at least one of the point of dispension upon initiation of dispension by an operator at a dispensing station of the appliance; and a controller in operative communication with the sensor at each of the points of dispension adapted to process the sensing signal.