Control system for a door of an ice dispenser chute

摘要

An ice dispensing system is provided that includes a motor, a processor, and a computer-readable medium. The motor is mounted to an ice chute door. The computer-readable medium is operably coupled to the processor and comprises computer-readable instructions configured to control opening of the ice chute door by energizing the motor at a first voltage for a first time period after receipt of an ice dispense request; after energizing the motor at the first voltage for the first time period, control energizing of the motor at a second voltage at least as long as the ice dispense request is received to maintain the ice chute door in the open position; and after energizing the motor at the second voltage, control de-energizing of the motor to allow the ice chute door to return to a closed position. The second voltage is less than the first voltage.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
control opening of an ice chute door by energizing a motor at a first voltage for a first time period after receipt of an ice dispense request to fully open the ice chute door; after energizing the motor at the first voltage for the first time period, control energizing of the motor at a second voltage to maintain the ice chute door in the fully open position, wherein the second voltage is less than the first voltage; after energizing the motor at the second voltage, control de-energizing of the motor to allow the ice chute door to return to a closed position, wherein the motor is de-energized after expiration of a second time period measured after the ice dispense request is no longer received; after de-energizing the motor, control opening of the ice chute door by again energizing the motor at the first voltage for the first time period after expiration of a third time period measured since the ice chute door returned to the closed position; after again energizing the motor at the first voltage for the first time period, control energizing of the motor at the second voltage for the second time period to maintain the ice chute door in the fully open position; and after energizing the motor at the second voltage for the second time period, control de-energizing of the motor to allow the ice chute door to again return to the closed position.