Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes an additive dispensing assembly and a mold body. The additive dispensing assembly includes an additive cup configured to receive a volume of liquid additive and a dispensing tube. The ice maker appliance also includes a fill tube. The dispensing tube is aligned with the fill tube whereby the liquid additive from the dispensing tube mixes with a flow of liquid water from the fill tube. The mold body includes a mold cavity. The mold body is positioned downstream of the dispensing tube and the fill tube and is configured for receiving the mixed flow of liquid water and liquid additive whereby a mixture of liquid water and liquid additive is formed in the mold cavity. The mold cavity is further configured for retaining the mixture of liquid water and liquid additive to form an ice piece from the mixture in the mold cavity.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a mold body comprising a mold cavity. The mold cavity is configured for receiving a volume of liquid water therein and retaining the volume of liquid water to form an ice piece in the mold cavity. The ice maker appliance also includes a pod receiver upstream of the mold cavity along a flow path of the volume of liquid water. The pod receiver is configured to hold a pod containing an additive. The additive mixes with the volume of liquid water upstream of the mold cavity and the formed ice piece comprises water and the additive.

Abstract: An ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance includes a resilient mold defining a mold cavity for receiving water, a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the resilient mold to freeze the water and form one or more ice cubes, a fixed ejector positioned below the resilient mold, wherein the resilient mold is movable relative to the fixed ejector, and a drive mechanism for moving the resilient mold to engage the fixed ejector and deform the resilient mold to raise the one or more ice cubes.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance comprising a fresh food storage chamber and a filter system for ethylene in the fresh food storage chamber is disclosed. The fresh food storage chamber includes a ventilation system comprising a fan assembly fluidly coupled to an air supply vent and an air return vent to urge an air flow along an air flow path. A removable air filter assembly for ethylene gas, the filter assembly including a housing and a chemisorption filter contained in the housing, is removably fixed in the air flow path.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet and rotatable between a closed position enclosing the chilled chamber and an open position providing access to the chilled chamber, and an ice making assembly mounted to the door of the refrigerator appliance. The ice making assembly includes an icemaker frame mounted to the door, an ice tray rotatably mounted to the icemaker frame and defining a plurality of mold cavities for receiving water that is formed into ice, a drive motor operably coupled to the ice tray to rotate the ice tray and harvest the ice formed within the plurality of mold cavities, a splash shield extending from a top edge of the ice tray to prevent splashing from the plurality of mold cavities, and an insulation layer that covers a bottom surface of the ice tray.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a mold body with a mold cavity defined within. The mold cavity is configured to receive a fill of liquid water and form an ice piece within. The mold body is configured to release the ice piece after it has been formed. Additionally, the ice maker appliance includes a non-contact-based sensing device configured to generate data indicative of a temperature within the mold cavity. Furthermore, the ice maker appliance includes a controller operatively coupled to the non-contact-based sensing device. The controller is configured to detect a presence of the ice piece within the mold cavity based on the data generated by the non-contact-based sensing device.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a mold body with a mold cavity configured to receive a fill of liquid water and form an ice piece. Additionally, the ice maker appliance includes a non-contact-based sensing device configured to generate data indicative of a temperature within the mold cavity. Moreover, the ice maker appliance includes a controller operatively coupled to the non-contact-based sensing device. The controller is configured to determine the temperature of a water target within the mold cavity based on the data generated by the non-contact-based sensing device. The water target corresponds to the liquid water or the ice piece. Moreover, the controller is configured to initiate a control action associated with the ice maker appliance based on the determined temperature of the water target.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a mold body with a mold cavity defined within. The mold cavity is configured to receive a fill of liquid water and form an ice piece within. The mold body is configured to release the ice piece after it has been formed. Moreover, the ice maker appliance includes an ice storage bin configured to hold a plurality of ice pieces within for retrieval. The ice storage bin is positioned below the mold body to capture the released ice piece within. Additionally, the ice maker appliance includes a non-contact-based sensing device configured to generate data indicative of a temperature within the ice storage bin. Furthermore, the ice maker appliance includes a controller operatively coupled to the non-contact-based sensing device. The controller is configured to determine whether the ice storage bin is full of ice pieces based on the data generated by the non-contact-based sensing device.

Abstract: An ice maker for a refrigerator appliance including a freezer compartment includes a frame; a mold tray selectively supported by the frame; a motor coupled to the frame and operably coupled with the mold tray to selectively rotate the mold tray with respect to the frame in each of a first direction and a second direction; and a controller operably coupled with the motor, the controller configured to perform an operation. The operation includes determining a schedule for performing a reverse rotation of the mold tray during an ice making cycle; executing the reverse rotation of the mold tray at a designated trigger time based on the determined schedule; and resetting the mold tray to a neutral position after performing the reverse rotation.

Abstract: An ice making assembly mounted to a door of a refrigerator appliance includes an icebox, an ice maker positioned within the icebox for forming ice cubes, and an ice storage bin positioned below the ice maker. The ice storage bin includes an outer shell defining an inner wall positioned against the door and an outer wall facing a chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance, and a storage insert positioned within the outer shell, the storage insert defining a storage volume for storing the ice cubes, wherein bin insulation is positioned between the storage insert and an outer wall of the outer shell.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining one or more chilled chambers, a sealed system comprising a compressor and one or more evaporators thermally coupled to the one or more chilled chambers, and a controller operably coupled to the compressor. The controller is configured to identify a change of state of the sealed system, determine a compressor operation profile, the compressor operation profile being variable as a function of time, and operate the compressor in accordance with the compressor operation profile.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes an additive receiver chamber. The additive receiver chamber includes a plurality of chamber walls and an enclosed internal volume defined therein. The ice maker appliance also includes an additive cup positioned within the additive receiver chamber. The additive cup is configured to receive a volume of liquid additive. A dispensing tube coupled to the additive cup extends partially within the additive receiver chamber. The ice maker appliance also includes a fill tube in fluid communication with a water supply and a mold body comprising a mold cavity. The mold cavity is configured for receiving a mixture of liquid water from the fill tube and liquid additive from the additive cup through the dispensing tube and for retaining the mixture of liquid water and liquid additive to form an ice piece from the mixture in the mold cavity.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a mold body comprising a mold cavity, a fill tube, and a dosing pump. Methods of operating the ice maker appliance may include receiving a user input. A volume of liquid water and/or a volume of additive may be determined based on the user input. Methods may further include flowing the liquid water and the additive to the mold cavity. The liquid water and the additive form a mixture, and the mixture is retained in the mold cavity to form at least a portion of an ice piece.

Abstract: An ice making appliance includes a cover defining an internal volume. The ice making appliance also includes a mold body comprising a mold cavity. The mold body is positioned within the internal volume of the cover. The ice making appliance further includes a dosing pump positioned partially within the internal volume of the cover and a cartridge socket defined through the cover. The cartridge socket is configured to receive an additive cartridge therein.

Abstract: An appliance, a computing device therefor, and a method for operating an appliance include generating a virtual user interface corresponding to a surface of the appliance within a field of view of an imaging device operably coupled to an appliance computing device. The virtual user interface includes a digital marker corresponding to an appliance control function. The method includes generating a control signal based on a physical user interaction relative to the digital marker, and transmitting the control signal to articulate an operational component of the appliance corresponding to the appliance control function.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a fill tube and a mold body. The fill tube is in fluid communication with a water supply. The mold body includes two or more mold cavities. The mold body is positioned downstream of the fill tube. The ice maker appliance may be operable for, or a method of operating the ice maker appliance may include, flowing a first volume of liquid into at least one of the mold cavities. The first volume of liquid may be retained in the mold body, such that a first layer of an ice piece forms. A second volume of liquid may be flowed into the at least one mold cavity after the first layer of ice forms and may be retained to form a second layer of the ice piece. The second layer of the ice piece is distinct from the first layer of the ice piece.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes an additive receiver chamber. The additive receiver chamber includes a plurality of chamber walls and an enclosed internal volume defined therein. The ice maker appliance also includes an additive cup positioned within the additive receiver chamber. The additive cup is configured to receive a volume of liquid additive. A dispensing tube coupled to the additive cup extends partially within the additive receiver chamber. The ice maker appliance also includes a fill tube in fluid communication with a water supply and a mold body comprising a mold cavity. The mold cavity is configured for receiving a mixture of liquid water from the fill tube and liquid additive from the additive cup through the dispensing tube and for retaining the mixture of liquid water and liquid additive to form an ice piece from the mixture in the mold cavity.

Abstract: A method of operating an ice maker appliance includes determining an infused ice making mode of the ice maker appliance. The method also includes flowing a volume of liquid water through the pod in the pod receiver, whereby the additive mixes with the volume of liquid water. The volume of liquid water may be a predetermined volume of liquid water based on the infused ice making mode. The method further includes flowing the additive and the volume of liquid water into the mold cavity and retaining the additive and the volume of liquid water in the mold cavity to form an ice piece from the additive and the volume of liquid water. The method may also include operating the ice maker appliance to provide a predetermined temperature based on the infused ice making mode.

Abstract: A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a heat source mounted to the cabinet, and a door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, the door at least defining an icebox and an access port, the access port being aligned with the heat source when the door is in a closed position.

Abstract: An ice maker appliance includes a mold body, a pod receiver slot upstream of the mold body, and a mixing chamber downstream of the pod receiver slot and upstream of the mold body. The mixing chamber is configured to retain an amount of water and an additive, whereby the additive mixes with the amount of water in the mixing chamber upstream of the mold cavity to form a volume of liquid. Thus, the volume of liquid which comprises the additive and the amount of water may be received by a mold cavity in the mold body, and an ice piece may be formed in the mold cavity, the ice piece containing the amount of water and the additive.