Refrigerator having a fluid director access door Number:7,419,073 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) owispatent A refrigerator having a water supplier, fluid director and fluid director access door. The fluid director is removable. The fluid director access door enables users to remove, clean and replace the fluid director.<H Refrigerator, director, Refrigerator, ha, 7419073.html, Patent, pto, 7419073

Title: Refrigerator having a fluid director access door

Abstract: A refrigerator having a water supplier, fluid director and fluid director access door. The fluid director is removable. The fluid director access door enables users to remove, clean and replace the fluid director.

Patent Number: 7,419,073 Issued on 09/02/2008 to Crisp, III, et al.

Inventors: Crisp, III; Harry Lee (Marion, IL), Duff; Todd Erik (Paducah, KY)
Assignee: Beverage Works, In.c (Marion, IL)

Appl. No.: 11/042,976

Filed: January 25, 2005

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
10007059	Nov., 2001	6896159
09589725	Jun., 2000	6751525

Current U.S. Class: 222/129.1 ; 222/146.6; 62/389

Current International Class: B67D 5/56 (20060101)

Field of Search: 222/129.1,132,61,129.2,135,129.3,160,129.4,325,146.6,399 141/360-362 62/389-391

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