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US 12,753,962 B2Granted
Ice maker appliance with automatic shut off features
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsZakriya Mohammad, Wentao Zhuo
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Abstract
A method for operating an ice maker appliance includes operating a harvest mechanism of an ice maker assembly to perform a harvest cycle. An amount of ice may be harvested from the ice maker appliance due to the harvest cycle. The method further includes determining the amount of ice harvested is less than a predetermined threshold. The method also includes suspending operation of the harvest mechanism based on the amount of ice harvested less than the predetermined threshold.
Claims16
A method for operating an ice maker appliance, the method comprising:
- operating a harvest mechanism of an ice maker assembly to perform a harvest cycle, whereby an amount of ice is harvested from a mold body of the ice maker assembly due to the harvest cycle;
- measuring, with a flow meter of the ice maker appliance, a flow rate of liquid water flowed to a mold body of the ice maker appliance during a fill cycle;
- determining that the measured flow rate of the liquid water is less than a predetermined flow rate threshold;
- determining the ice maker assembly is dry cycling, wherein determining the ice maker assembly is dry cycling comprises determining no ice was harvested from the mold body due to the harvest cycle, wherein determining no ice was harvested from the mold body due to the harvest cycle is based on determining that the measured flow rate of the liquid water is less than the predetermined flow rate threshold;
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- suspending operation of the harvest mechanism based on determining the ice maker assembly is dry cycling.
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An ice maker appliance comprising:
- an ice maker assembly comprising a mold body for forming ice and a harvest mechanism for harvesting ice from the mold body;
- a flow meter in fluid communication with the ice maker assembly;
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- a controller operably coupled to the ice maker assembly, the controller operable for:
- operating the harvest mechanism of the ice maker assembly to perform a harvest cycle, whereby an amount of ice is harvested from the ice maker assembly due to the harvest cycle;
- measuring, with the flow meter, a flow rate of liquid water flowed to a mold body of the ice maker appliance during a fill cycle;
- determining that the measured flow rate of the liquid water is less than a predetermined flow rate threshold;
- determining the ice maker assembly is dry cycling, wherein determining the ice maker assembly is dry cycling comprises determining no ice was harvested from the mold body due to the harvest cycle, wherein determining no ice was harvested from the mold body due to the harvest cycle is based on determining that the measured flow rate of the liquid water is less than the predetermined flow rate threshold;
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- suspending operation of the harvest mechanism based on determining the ice maker assembly is dry cycling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.