Patent ID: 11971212
Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 13:
14. A refrigerator, comprising:
a cabinet including at least one or more food storage compartments defined therein and at least one or more doors positioned to insulate the at least one or more food storage compartments from an exterior environment;
a variable dispenser coupled to the cabinet and configured to dispense a fluid at a variable fluid dispensing rate from a dispenser outlet; and
a variable control disposed on an exterior surface of the cabinet and coupled to the variable dispenser, the variable control including a rotary control actuator configured to vary the fluid dispensing rate of the variable dispenser in response to rotation of the rotary control actuator;
wherein the rotary control actuator is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein the variable control further includes a secondary control responsive to an axial force applied to the variable control, and wherein the secondary control comprises a touch-sensitive region of a surface of the variable control.