US 11,988,440 B2
Multi-chambered water tank for confined spaces in a refrigeration appliance
Conner Wainauski, Knoxville, TN (US); Jorge Carlos Montalvo Sanchez, Knoxville, TN (US); and Nilton Bertolini, Clinton, TN (US)
Assigned to BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US); and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed by BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Irvine, CA (US); and BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich (DE)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,946, filed on Feb. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266056 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/12 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/126 (2013.01) [F25D 2323/122 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid tank for a refrigeration appliance, the fluid tank comprising:
a plurality of chambers, each chamber of the plurality of chambers comprising:
an inlet port; and
an outlet port, at least part of the outlet port being on a horizontal plane that is offset in an upward direction with respect to the inlet port,
wherein at least two chambers of the plurality of chambers are configured to fluidly couple in series via a connection channel that has a cross section that gradually reduces in size in a direction of fluid flow to accelerate flow of fluid.