Refrigerator appliance with condensation mitigation features
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsHaitian Hu, Steven Keith Root
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, and a controller in operative communication with a moisture detection device through an external network. The controller is configured to obtain moisture readings from the moisture detection device, identify an elevated moisture event from the moisture readings, determine that a responsive action is needed based at least in part on the identification of the elevated moisture event, and implement the responsive action in response to identifying the elevated moisture event and determining that the responsive action is needed.
Claims18
A refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, comprising:
- a cabinet defining a chilled chamber;
- a door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber;
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- a controller in operative communication with a moisture detection device through an external network, wherein the moisture detection device is mounted to a fume hood in operative communication with the external network, the controller being configured to:
- obtain moisture readings from the moisture detection device;
- identify an elevated moisture event from the moisture readings;
- determine that a responsive action is needed based at least in part on the identification of the elevated moisture event;
- and
- implement the responsive action in response to identifying the elevated moisture event and determining that the responsive action is needed.
A method of operating a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance being in operative communication with a moisture detection device through an external network, wherein the moisture detection device is mounted to a fume hood in operative communication with the external network, the method comprising:
- obtaining moisture readings from the moisture detection device;
- identifying an elevated moisture event from the moisture readings;
- determining that a responsive action is needed based at least in part on the identification of the elevated moisture event;
- and
- implementing the responsive action in response to identifying the elevated moisture event and determining that the responsive action is needed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.