Patent ID: 7918368
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A23V,B67D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a housing having a refrigeration compartment; at least one door supported by the housing, the door providing access to the refrigeration compartment; a container support supported by the housing, the container support configured to removably support at least one liquid container configured to contain a volume of liquid, the liquid container having: (a) a first end having a liquid outlet valve and a gas inlet valve, and (b) a second end; said container support configured to support the liquid container in a first position such that the first end is located below the second end; at least one gas line supported by the housing; at least one gas inlet valve engager supported by the housing at a second position, the gas inlet valve engager being fluidly connected to the gas line, the second position of the gas inlet valve engager being adjacent to the first end of the liquid container when the liquid container is in the first position, the gas inlet valve engager configured to be fluidly connected to the gas inlet valve when the liquid container is in the first position, a portion of the gas inlet valve engager extending along a substantially vertical axis, the first end and the second end of the liquid container being positionable along the vertical axis when the liquid container is supported by the container support; at least one liquid outlet valve engager supported by the housing at a third position, the liquid outlet valve engager being movable, the third position of the liquid outlet valve engager being adjacent to the first end of the liquid container when the liquid container is in the first position; and at least one electrical line supported by the housing, the electrical line operatively coupled to the liquid outlet valve engager.