ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,805, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Electrolux Consumer Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"System and method for automatic material dispensing" was invented by William T. Anniss III (Anderson, S.C.), William Schenk (Anderson, S.C.), John T. Campbell (Pendleton, S.C.) and Raony Barrios (Anderson, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a drip tray cover including two strain gauge sensors that are coupled to a bottom surface thereof; a memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to detect, via the two strain gauge sensors, a weight of a vessel on the drip tray cover based on a strain; receive, ...