US 12,031,767 B2
Free-standing ice or beverage dispensing appliance
Gregory Scott Carr, Louisville, KY (US); Danister Abeygunawardana, Jeffersonville, IN (US); Ronald Gary Foster, Louisville, KY (US); Jordan Andrew Waymeyer, Louisville, KY (US); Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US); David C. McCalpin, Louisville, KY (US); Brent Alden Junge, Evansville, IN (US); Richard Devos, Goshen, KY (US); Michael C. Watanabe, Louisville, KY (US); Jianwu Li, Louisville, KY (US); Trent Daniel Jacobi, Floyds Knobs, IN (US); Paul Haney, Pewee Valley, KY (US); and Gregory Sergeevich Chernov, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/145,704.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221212 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. F25C 5/20 (2018.01); A47J 31/46 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 5/24 (2018.01) [A47J 31/462 (2013.01); B67D 1/0014 (2013.01); B67D 1/004 (2013.01); B67D 1/0058 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/0895 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A free-standing appliance comprising:
a cabinet defining a mutually-orthogonal vertical direction, lateral direction, and transverse direction;
a water source attached to the cabinet;
an icemaker mounted within the cabinet downstream from the water source to receive water therefrom;
an ice bin disposed within the cabinet downstream from the icemaker to receive ice therefrom;
a cold water line mounted to the cabinet and defining a cold water outlet downstream from the water source in fluid isolation from the icemaker;
a hot water line mounted to the cabinet and defining a hot water outlet downstream from the water source in fluid isolation from the cold water line;
a carbonated water line mounted to the cabinet downstream from the water source in fluid isolation from the hot water line; and
a carbon dioxide tank disposed within the cabinet in selective communication with the carbonated water line.