ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,881, issued on May 12, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Cleaning a stand-alone ice making appliance" was invented by Mark Aaron Weaver (Crestwood, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand-alone ice making appliance includes an upper reservoir fluidly coupled to a lower reservoir via a first valve. An ice maker is disposed within the casing. A pump is disposed within the casing and is operable to flow water from the lower reservoir to upper reservoir and the ice maker. A controller is positioned in the casing. A method of operating the stand-alone ice making appliance includes opening the first v...