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Water filter assembly

US8955349B2 · kind B2 · utility

8Cited by

5References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Alan Joseph Mitchell · Louisville, US
Andrew Reinhard Krause · La Grange, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 9, 2011
Grant date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF25D2323/121
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a water filter assembly for a refrigerator is described. The water filter assembly includes a door that includes a mover element for engaging a removable water filter such that in the closed position the mover element holds the removable water filter water inlet and water outlet in fluid communication with the water inlet and water outlet, respectively, of a manifold assembly, and in the open position the mover element allows for removal of the removable water filter which is not in fluid communication with the manifold assembly.

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