Abstract: A filter assembly includes a manifold having an inlet and outlet port. The filter assembly further includes a filter cartridge. The filter cartridge includes a casing and a filter casing disposed within the casing. The filter cartridge also includes a gear rack, and an inlet and outlet port. The filter assembly further includes an electric motor configured to move the filter cartridge along an axial direction by rotating a gear coupled to the electric motor such that the gear meshes with the gear rack. The filter cartridge is movable between a first position in which the filter cartridge and manifold are not in fluid communication, and a second position in which the filter cartridge and the manifold are in fluid communication. A refrigerator appliance having the filter assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A stand-alone ice making appliance is provided. The stand-alone ice making appliance may include a container, a water tank, a pump, a reservoir, an ice maker, and a primary drain line. The container may define a first storage volume to receive ice. The water tank may define a second storage volume to receive water. The pump may be in fluid communication with the second storage volume to actively flow water from the water tank. The reservoir may define a third storage volume that is in fluid communication with the pump to receive water that is actively flowed from the water tank. The ice maker may be in fluid communication with the third storage volume to receive water from the reservoir. The primary drain line may be in downstream fluid communication with the second storage volume and bypass the reservoir to selectively drain water from the second storage volume.

Abstract: A water filter assembly is provided including a body defining a body cavity, a spool slidably positioned in the body cavity, and a filter cartridge. Once the filter cartridge is inserted into the spool cavity and body cavity, the filter cartridge is configured to filter water from an inlet of the body. Additionally, the filter cartridge includes a nozzle for providing such filtered water to an outlet of the body. The nozzle includes an outlet directed back towards the filter medium such that the filter cartridge is pressed into the spool cavity and body cavity when water flows therethrough.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a casing that defines a chamber. The casing extends between a top portion and a bottom portion. An extruder die is mounted to the casing at the top portion of the casing. A motor is positioned above the extruder die. An auger is disposed within the chamber of the casing. The auger is coupled to a shaft of the motor with a threaded connection such that the auger is rotatable with the motor along a rotational direction within the chamber of the casing. The threaded connection between the auger and the shaft of the motor is wound opposite the rotational direction of the auger. A related refrigerator appliance is also provided.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a casing that defines a chamber. The casing extends between a top portion and a bottom portion. An extruder die is mounted to the casing at the top portion of the casing. An auger is disposed within the chamber of the casing. A radial sleeve bearing engages the auger at the extruder die. A radial and thrust bearing engages the auger at the bottom portion of the casing. A related refrigerator appliance is also provided.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a casing that defines a chamber. The casing extends between a top portion and a bottom portion. An extruder die is mounted to the casing at the top portion of the casing. An auger is disposed within the chamber of the casing. A radial sleeve bearing engages the auger at the bottom portion of the casing. A radial and thrust bearing engages the auger at the extruder die. A related refrigerator appliance is also provided.

Abstract: Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber, and a door for accessing one of the fresh food chamber or the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice making assembly disposed within one of the fresh food chamber, the freezer chamber or the door. The ice making assembly includes an ice maker, a container defining a storage volume for receipt of ice produced by the ice maker, and a chute extending between the ice maker and the container for directing the ice produced by the ice maker towards the storage volume. The chute includes a body defining a passage therethrough. The ice making assembly further includes a sensor positioned to transmit sensing signals through the chute, the sensor in communication with the ice maker.

Abstract: A water switch assembly for a nugget ice making assembly is provided. The ice making assembly includes a hollow auger rotatably mounted within a reservoir and configured for extruding ice. The water switch assembly extends vertically through the center of the ice making auger and reservoir. The water switch assembly is in fluid communication with a water inlet and includes a float for measuring the water level. In this manner, the water switch assembly is configured to control the level of water within the reservoir.

Abstract: An ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes an icebox compartment which receives cooling air from a sealed system through a supply duct and a return duct. The ice making assembly has an inlet duct and an outlet duct that are connected with these cooling air ducts to receive cooling air to assist in the formation of ice. Each of the inlet duct and outlet duct may include a flange that may be received by a corresponding flange on the icebox compartment. The resulting ice making assembly requires fewer parts and space, and installation and removal is simplified.

Abstract: An ice making assembly and an ice bucket are provided. The ice bucket includes a sidewall that defines a storage volume and an auger disposed within the storage volume. A motor is configured for rotating the auger within the storage volume. The motor is positioned above the storage volume along a vertical direction. The position of the motor relative to the storage volume can assist with limiting or preventing damage to the motor.

Abstract: A water filter assembly is provided including a body defining a body cavity, a spool slidably positioned in the body cavity, and a filter cartridge. Once the filter cartridge is inserted into the spool cavity and body cavity, the filter cartridge is configured to filter water from an inlet of the body. Additionally, the filter cartridge includes a nozzle for providing such filtered water to an outlet of the body. The nozzle includes an outlet directed back towards the filter medium such that the filter cartridge is pressed into the spool cavity and body cavity when water flows therethrough.

Abstract: Reservoir assemblies for beverage dispensers, and docking station assemblies, are provided. A reservoir assembly includes a reservoir, the reservoir including a body defining an interior. The reservoir assembly further includes a lid connectable to a top end of the reservoir, the lid spaced from the top end along the vertical direction. The reservoir assembly further includes a riser disposed between the reservoir and the lid, the riser including a sidewall extending along a vertical direction between a bottom end and a top end, the sidewall defining an interior. The bottom end of the riser is connected to the top end of the reservoir, and the top end of the riser is connected to the lid. The reservoir assembly further includes a fill tube extending through the sidewall of the riser for flowing fluid into the interior of the reservoir.

Abstract: A docking station for a beverage dispenser having a reservoir is provided. A spout configured for selectively directing a flow of water into the reservoir of the beverage dispenser. A water level sensor is configured for assessing a level of water within the reservoir of the beverage dispenser. The flow of water from the spout may automatically fill the reservoir of the beverage dispenser based at least in part upon signals from the water level sensor.

Abstract: A docking station for a beverage dispenser having a reservoir is provided. The docking station includes an inlet conduit that extends from a pressurized water source to a spout of the docking station. A removable water filter is coupled to the inlet conduit in order to filter the flow of water through the inlet conduit.

Abstract: A water filter assembly having a manifold with a rotatable cylinder in which a filter cartridge is removably received is provided. The filter assembly has a noise generator adjacent to the rotatable cylinder of the manifold. When the filter cartridge with the rotatable cylinder is rotated between an installed position and an uninstalled position, the noise generator creates an audible noise. The noise may indicate, for example, that the filter cartridge may be removed from the manifold.

Abstract: Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber, and a door for accessing one of the fresh food chamber or the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice making assembly disposed within one of the fresh food chamber, the freezer chamber or the door. The ice making assembly includes an ice maker, a container defining a storage volume for receipt of ice produced by the ice maker, and a chute extending between the ice maker and the container for directing the ice produced by the ice maker towards the storage volume. The chute includes a body defining a passage therethrough. The ice making assembly further includes a sensor positioned to transmit sensing signals through the chute, the sensor in communication with the ice maker.

Abstract: A water filter assembly is provided including a body defining a body cavity, a spool slidably positioned in the body cavity between an extended position and a retracted position, and a locking mechanism. The body cavity is also configured to receive a filter cartridge, which once fully inserted is configured to hold the spool in the retracted position. Additionally, when spool is in the retracted position, a body inlet of the body is in flow communication with a body outlet of the body through the spool and through the filter cartridge. The locking mechanism is provided to hold the filter cartridge in the fully inserted position.

Abstract: An entire regex scripting grammar, including DoPattern side-effects and parameterizable rules with parameters accessible by DoPatterns and CapturePatterns declared within, is compiled to 100% Java™ or C# code (rather than bytecode instructions of a specialized, embedded virtual machine), given a suitable change to the translator and additional helper classes in the library for primitive int and String data-type mappings. The regex scripting grammar realizes the advantages of hotspot compilation for the entire script, including side-effects. Side-effect pseudo-instructions generated by the automata are a stream of integers referenced to various DoPattern objects created by the script at regex composition time, rather than being a stream of instructions modeling the prelist and postlist statements of the DoPatterns written in the grammar.

Abstract: A water filter assembly having a manifold with a rotatable cylinder in which a filter cartridge is removably received is provided. The filter assembly has a noise generator adjacent to the rotatable cylinder of the manifold. When the filter cartridge with the rotatable cylinder is rotated between an installed position and an uninstalled position, the noise generator creates an audible noise. The noise may indicate, for example, that the filter cartridge may be removed from the manifold.

Abstract: A docking station for a beverage dispenser having a reservoir is provided. A spout configured for selectively directing a flow of water into the reservoir of the beverage dispenser. A water level sensor is configured for assessing a level of water within the reservoir of the beverage dispenser. The flow of water from the spout may automatically fill the reservoir of the beverage dispenser based at least in part upon signals from the water level sensor.