Egg boiler device for a refrigerator appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsSyed Moin Ahmed, Gaurav Kumar Verma, Sharath Chandra Prasad, Praveena Alangar Subrahmanya
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Abstract
An egg boiler device for a refrigerator appliance is provided. In one aspect, a refrigerator appliance has a refrigerator door that defines a dispenser recess. The egg boiler device includes an end cap and a canister for receiving one or more eggs for cooking. The egg boiler device is positioned within the dispenser recess and the end cap is mounted to a dispenser assembly. A dispenser of the dispenser assembly directs a volume of heated water into the egg boiler device. The heated water imparts thermal energy to the eggs, and consequently, the eggs are cooked.
Claims20
A method of cooking eggs at a refrigerator appliance in a cooking operation, the method comprising:
- detecting an egg boiler device mounted within a dispenser recess of the refrigerator appliance, the egg boiler device being mounted within the dispenser recess without need to open a door of the refrigerator appliance, the egg boiler device having one or more eggs loaded therein;
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- in response to detecting the egg boiler device within the dispenser recess, directing a volume of heated water into the egg boiler device such that the volume of heated water imparts thermal energy to the one or more eggs loaded into the egg boiler device.
A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a chilled chamber;
- a door mounted to the cabinet, the door defining a dispenser recess accessible without need to open the door;
- a dispenser mounted to the door;
- a heating device disposed within the cabinet for heating water;
- an egg boiler device containing one or more eggs, the egg boiler device positioned within the dispenser recess and mounted to the dispenser such that a volume of heated water from the heating device is receivable within the egg boiler device to impart thermal energy to the one or more eggs;
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- a controller configured to:
- receive one or more signals indicating that the egg boiler device has been mounted within the dispenser recess of the refrigerator appliance, the egg boiler device having the one or more eggs loaded therein;
- and
- in response to detecting the egg boiler device within the dispenser recess, cause a volume of heated water to be directed into the egg boiler device such that the volume of heated water imparts thermal energy to the one or more eggs loaded into the egg boiler device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.