Refrigerator water tank
CA 2278278 C · Owner: Maytag Corporation · Inventors: Senner, Kurt Charles
Overview
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A water tank having a body portion that slopes away, in multiple directions, from an outlet thereof is adapted to be mounted within a refrigerator cabinet in a substantially horizontal plane. The water tank is preferably integrally molded with multiple parallel-arranged flow paths and with a plurality of upstanding tabs for use in mounting the water tank horizontally in a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator cabinet. The inlet and outlet areas of the tank are designed to minimize the potential for trapping air within the tank. In addition, the tank is formed with integrally molded clips for use in attaching a water tube to the tank. When used in a top mount refrigerator the tank, is …
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- Filed July 20, 1999 and granted May 13, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 20, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 20, 2021.
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