Beverage-dispensing appliance having a signal shield

A beverage-dispensing appliance comprising:

• a cabinet defining a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the cabinet defining a dispenser recess;
• a liquid line mounted to the cabinet and defining a liquid outlet above the dispenser recess;
• a liquid level sensor mounted to the cabinet above the dispenser recess;
• a container tray disposed directly beneath the liquid outlet;
• and
• a signal shield movably mounted to the cabinet and laterally spaced apart from the liquid level sensor, the signal shield extending along the vertical direction from a top shield end to a bottom shield end, the bottom shield end being disposed below liquid level sensor, the signal shield being movable between a blocking position and a permissive position, the blocking position laterally bounding at least a portion of the dispenser recess and locating a front shield end of the signal shield forward from the liquid level sensor, the permissive position being transversely spaced apart from the dispenser recess and locating the front shield end of the signal shield rearward from the liquid level sensor.

A beverage-dispensing appliance comprising:

• a cabinet defining a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction, the cabinet defining a dispenser recess;
• a liquid line mounted to the cabinet and defining a liquid outlet above the dispenser recess;
• a liquid level sensor mounted to the cabinet and directed at the dispenser recess;
• and
• a signal shield movably mounted to the cabinet, the signal shield being movable between a blocking position and a permissive position, the blocking position laterally bounding at least a portion of the dispenser recess, the permissive position being transversely spaced apart from the dispenser recess to permit lateral access thereto,
• wherein the signal shield is slidably mounted on the cabinet to move along the transverse direction between the blocking position and the permissive position.