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US 12,480,697 B2Granted
Ice maker appliance control methods
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsChoon Jae Ryu, Stephanos Kyriacou
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Abstract
An ice maker appliance includes an ice box. The ice maker appliance further includes a mold body and a frost collector positioned in the ice box. The ice maker appliance also includes a working fluid loop. The working fluid loop is in conductive thermal communication with the mold body and with the frost collector.
Claims15
A method of operating an ice maker appliance, the method comprising:
- determining that an ice storage bin of the ice maker appliance is full;
- initiating an ice storage mode in response to determining that the ice storage bin is full;
- determining, during the ice storage mode, to defrost the ice maker appliance based on a frost collector temperature less than a predetermined frost collector temperature threshold;
- and
- activating, during the ice storage mode, a heater of the ice maker appliance in response to determining to defrost the ice maker appliance.
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A method of operating an ice maker appliance, the method comprising:
- determining that an ice storage bin of the ice maker appliance is full;
- initiating an ice storage mode in response to determining that the ice storage bin is full;
- activating, during the ice storage mode, a defrost heater of a frost collector of the ice maker appliance in response to a first condition;
- and
- activating, during the ice storage mode, a harvest heater in response to a second condition.
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A method of operating an ice maker appliance, the method comprising:
- determining that an ice storage bin of the ice maker appliance is full;
- initiating an ice storage mode in response to determining that the ice storage bin is full, wherein initiating the ice storage mode comprises activating a cooling system to cool an ice box of the ice maker appliance;
- comparing a cooling time to a predetermined time limit;
- determining, during the ice storage mode, to defrost the ice maker appliance in response to the cooling time greater than the predetermined time limit;
- and
- activating, during the ice storage mode, a heater of the ice maker appliance in response to determining to defrost the ice maker appliance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.