Patent ID: 9556011
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A47J,B67D,F25D

Claim:
1. A method for conditioning at least one liquid stream with a liquid dispensing system associated with a refrigerator, preparing an enhanced beverage with a liquid enhancement system using one or more individually conditioned liquid streams and minimizing the potential for back contamination of the liquid dispensing system, the method comprising: providing a cabinet body defining an interior; providing at least one door for access to the interior, the door comprising a dispenser having an inlet adapted for fluid communication with an external liquid source and a dispensing outlet area proximate a liquid dispensing outlet and a liquid enhancement device interface about the liquid dispensing outlet at the dispensing outlet area; controlling temperature of the at least one liquid stream with a liquid cooling component to provide a cooled liquid stream and a liquid heating component to provide a heated liquid stream; removably attaching a liquid enhancement device at the liquid enhancement device interface, the liquid enhancement device having a liquid enhancement component and a liquid flow path; configuring the liquid flow path between: enhancing the at least one liquid stream at the liquid enhancement device interface for preparing the enhanced beverage at a pressure of the external liquid source.