US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Oct. 28 for "Stand-alone ice making appliance with a side tank filter" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,104, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Stand-alone ice making appliance with a side tank filter" was invented by Bo Yan (Shanghai), Yayu Song (Shanghai), Samuel Vincent DuPlessis (Louisville, Ky.) and Gregory Sergeevich Chernov (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand-alone ice making appliance, includes a casing. A water tank, an ice maker, and a pump are disposed within the casing. The pump is operable to circulate water from the water tank to the ice maker. An auxiliary water reservoir is disposed outside of the casing. The auxiliary water reservoir is in fluid...