Patent ID: 11920847
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 12:
13. An icemaker appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the icemaker appliance comprising:
a cabinet forming an ice storage compartment;
a first reservoir provided within the ice storage compartment, the first reservoir configured to receive a liquid;
a removable grate located within the ice storage compartment over the first reservoir;
an ice maker provided within the ice storage compartment to produce ice;
a filter nested within the first reservoir, wherein the liquid within the first reservoir permeates through the filter, and wherein the filter is suspended above a bottom of the first reservoir; and
a circulation system in fluid communication with the first reservoir, the circulation system comprising:
a circulation conduit;
a pump connected to the circulation conduit to pump liquid from the first reservoir through the circulation conduit; and
a nozzle downstream from the circulation conduit to dispense the liquid from the circulation conduit toward the ice maker, wherein a first portion of the liquid dispensed from the nozzle falls onto the filter such that the first portion of the liquid that enters the filter enters only through a top of the filter.