Patent ID: 9155419
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A47J,F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising: a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber for receipt of food items for storage, the cabinet also defining an opening for accessing the chilled chamber of the cabinet; a door mounted to the cabinet at the opening of the cabinet in order to permit selective access to the chilled chamber of the cabinet through the opening of the cabinet; a dispenser mounted to the door, the dispenser defining a dispenser recess, the dispenser configured for directing a flow of heated liquid into the dispenser recess of the dispenser; a cooling mechanism positioned at the dispenser, the cooling mechanism configured for selectively directing a flow of gaseous fluid towards a container positioned within the dispenser recess of the dispenser; a temperature sensor; and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor, the controller configured for measuring, with the temperature sensor, a temperature of a liquid in the container positioned within the dispenser recess of the dispenser.