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AssigneeElectrolux Consumer Products, Inc.
InventorsWilliam T. Anniss, III, William Schenk, John T. Campbell, Raony Barrios
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A refrigerator appliance includes a drip tray cover including two strain gauge sensors that are coupled to a bottom surface thereof; a memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect, via the two strain gauge sensors, a weight of a vessel on the drip tray cover based on a strain; receive, via input, one or more selections, the one or more selections indicative of an amount of material to be dispensed into the vessel, the material including liquid, ice, or any combination thereof; dispensing the material in accordance with the one or more selections; continuously measure, via the two strain gauge sensors, the amount of material being dispensed in accordance with the one or more selections; and terminate, after the vessel receives the amount of material that is measured and equivalent to the one or more selections, the dispensing of the material into the vessel.
A refrigerator appliance (10, 300) comprising:
A method of automatic material dispensing, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer program code instructions, being executable by a computer, for:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.