US 12,134,552 B2
Liquid dispenser
Jaehoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Kyuchun Choi, Seoul (KR); Dong Seong Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyung Kook Joo, Seoul (KR); and Daewoo Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,243.
Application 18/242,243 is a continuation of application No. 17/557,439, filed on Dec. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,780,721.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0002347 (KR), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406687 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/0888 (2013.01) [B67D 1/0014 (2013.01); G05D 3/12 (2013.01); B67D 2210/0001 (2013.01); G01S 13/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid dispenser, comprising:
a main body;
a liquid discharge module including a nozzle at a lower surface thereof to discharge a liquid, and configured to move the nozzle vertically along a front of the main body; and
a sensor provided inside one of the main body or the liquid discharge module, and configured to transmit a signal to the container and to receive a reflected signal from the container,
wherein the sensor is positioned to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from a corresponding one of a front of the main body or a lower surface of the liquid discharge module, the predetermined distance being greater than or equal to a length of a dead zone of the sensor to prevent the container from being positioned within the dead zone.