1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet including a cabinet door pivotally connected thereto;
a primary ice bin disposed on one of the cabinet and the cabinet door including a primary gate operable between a closed position and an open position;
a secondary ice bin that serves as an ice overflow reservoir and that is disposed on the other of the cabinet and the cabinet door, the secondary ice bin including a secondary gate operable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the secondary gate operably engages with the primary gate to form an ice overflow route when the primary gate and the secondary gate are in the open position; and
an ice maker disposed inside the cabinet and adapted to dispense ice into the primary ice bin, wherein ice is diverted by the primary gate and the secondary gate to the secondary ice bin from the primary a ice bin when mar ice bin has reached a maximum capacity.
2. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the secondary ice bin includes a dispersion slope integral with a bottom wall of the secondary ice bin.
3. The refrigerator of claim 1, further comprising:
a sloped insert disposed inside the secondary ice bin.
4. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the primary ice bin includes a variable volume reservoir that is positionable in a retracted position and an expanded position.
5. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein the primary ice bin includes a variable volume reservoir that is positionable in a retracted position and an expanded position.
6. The refrigerator of claim 1, wherein a portion of the secondary ice bin is covered by a clear shelf.
7. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet including a cabinet door pivotally connected thereto;
an ice maker disposed inside the cabinet;
a primary ice bin disposed on one of the cabinet and the cabinet door and including a ramp pivotally coupled with the primary ice bin and operable between a raised position and a diverting position; and
a secondary ice bin disposed on the other of the cabinet and the cabinet door, wherein the ramp does not interfere with dispensing of ice into the primary bin when in the raised position, and diverts ice from movement into the primary ice bin when in the diverting position and directs ice into the secondary ice bin.
8. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the secondary ice bin includes a dispersion slope integral with a bottom wall of the secondary ice bin.
9. The refrigerator of claim 7, further comprising:
a removable sloped insert disposed inside the secondary ice bin.
10. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the primary ice bin includes a variable volume reservoir that is positionable in a retracted position and an expanded position.
11. The refrigerator of claim 7, wherein the secondary ice bin includes an inner bin and an outer bin, the inner bin and the outer bin being separated by springs.
12. The refrigerator of claim 7, further comprising:
an ice storage bag that forms a portion of the secondary ice bin.
13. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet including a cabinet door pivotally connected thereto;
an ice maker disposed inside the cabinet;
a primary ice bin adapted to receive ice from the ice maker, wherein the primary ice bin is disposed on one of the cabinet and the cabinet door and operable between a receiving condition and an overflow condition;
a secondary ice bin disposed on the other of the cabinet and the cabinet door; and
an overflow gate proximate the primary ice bin and operable between a closed position that corresponds to the receiving condition of the primary ice bin and an open position that corresponds to the overflow condition of the primary ice bin, wherein ice that is dispensed toward the primary ice bin from the ice maker flows over the overflow gate and into the secondary ice bin when the primary ice bin is in the overflow condition and the overflow gate is in the open position, thereby completely bypassing the primary ice bin.
14. The refrigerator of claim 13, wherein the gate is spring-biased to the closed position.
15. The refrigerator of claim 13, wherein the secondary ice bin includes a dispersion slope integral with a bottom wall of the secondary ice bin.
16. The refrigerator of claim 13, further comprising:
a sloped insert disposed inside the secondary ice bin.
17. The refrigerator of claim 13, further comprising:
a primary sensor disposed proximate the primary ice bin and a secondary sensor disposed proximate the secondary ice bin.
18. The refrigerator of claim 13, wherein the primary ice bin includes a variable volume reservoir that is positionable in a retracted position and an expanded position.
19. The refrigerator of claim 13, further comprising:
an ice storage bag that forms a portion of the secondary ice bin.
20. The refrigerator of claim 13, wherein the secondary ice bin includes a shelf supports that include hooks that latch into a rear shelf ladder of the appliance.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
a housing;
at least one sensor configured for sensing at least one electrical parameter distributed to a load;
at least one analog-to-digital converter coupled to the at least one sensor and configured for converting an analog signal output from the at least one sensor to a digital data;
at least one processing unit coupled to the at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the digital data and store the digital data in a removable memory; and
at least one device controller coupled to the at least one processing unit, the at least one device controller including at least one interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with the removable memory, wherein the at least one device controller is operative as a master or slave device controller.
2. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one device controller operates in accordance with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) specification.
3. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one device controller is electrically isolated from the at least one processing unit.
4. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a switch for setting the at least one device controller in a master mode or a slave mode.
5. The intelligent electronic device of claim 4, wherein the switch is disposed on the housing.
6. The intelligent electronic device of claim 4, further comprising a power supply for supplying power to the at least one device controller when the at least one device controller is in the slave mode.
7. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one interface is self-configurable to master andor slave.
8. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one interface is configured by a user to master andor slave.
9. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the removable memory and the at least one interface are located behind a door within the housing.
10. The intelligent electronic device of claim 9, wherein the door further includes a security device for preventing tampering with the removable memory.
11. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a security device for preventing tampering with the removable memory.
12. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the removable memory stores data for a user to retrieve at least one of historical trending, waveform samples, or meter diagnostic data.
13. The intelligent electronic device of claim 12, wherein the data stored in the removable memory is in comma separated value format.
14. The intelligent electronic device of claim 12, wherein the data stored in the removable memory is in a Comtrade format.
15. The intelligent electronic device of claim 12, wherein the data stored in the removable memory is in a PQDIF format.
16. The intelligent electronic device of claim 12, wherein the data stored in the removable memory is in binary format.
17. The intelligent electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one device controller is configured as a master device controller, further comprising:
at least one second device controller configured as a slave device controller, the at least one second device controller including at least one second interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with an external device.
18. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
a housing;
at least one sensor configured for sensing at least one electrical parameter distributed to a load;
at least one analog-to-digital converter coupled to the at least one sensor and configured for converting an analog signal output from the at least one sensor to a digital data;
at least one processing unit coupled to the at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the digital data and process the digital data;
a USB master device controller coupled to the at least one processing unit, the USB master device controller including a first USB interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with a first external device; and
a USB slave device controller coupled to the at least one processing unit, the USB slave device controller including a second USB interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with a second external device.
19. The intelligent electronic device of claim 18, wherein the USB master device controller is electrically isolated from the at least one processing unit.
20. The intelligent electronic device of claim 18, wherein the first external device is a computing device.
21. The intelligent electronic device of claim 18, wherein the second external device is a memory device.
22. The intelligent electronic device of claim 18, further comprising a power supply for powering the USB slave device controller.
23. An intelligent electronic device comprising:
a housing;
at least one sensor configured for sensing at least one electrical parameter distributed to a load;
at least one analog-to-digital converter coupled to the at least one sensor and configured for converting an analog signal output from the at least one sensor to a digital data;
at least one processing unit coupled to the at least one analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the digital data, process the digital data and store the digital data in a removable memory;
a display disposed on the housing for displaying the sensed and processed data;
at least one device controller coupled to the at least one processing unit; and
an interface disposed on the housing for interfacing with the removable memory;
wherein the at least one device controller is operative as a master or slave device controller.
24. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the at least one device controller is electrically isolated from the at least one processing unit.
25. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the removable memory and interface are located behind a door within the housing.
26. The intelligent electronic device of claim 25, wherein the door further includes a security device for preventing tampering with the removable memory.
27. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the removable memory stores data for a user to retrieve at least one of historical trending, waveform samples, or meter diagnostic data.
28. The intelligent electronic device of claim 27, wherein data stored in the removable memory is in comma separated value format.
29. The intelligent electronic device of claim 27, wherein data stored in the removable memory is in a Comtrade format.
30. The intelligent electronic device of claim 27, wherein data stored in the removable memory is in a PQDIF format.
31. The intelligent electronic device of claim 27, wherein the data stored in the removable memory is in binary format.
32. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the interface is self-configurable to master andor slave.
33. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the interface is configured by a user to master andor slave.
34. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23 wherein the interface is wireless.
35. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the interface includes both a slave interface and a master interface.
36. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the at least one device controller is selected to operate as a slave device controller, further comprising an input device coupled to the interface to navigate the display.
37. The intelligent electronic device of claim 36, wherein the input device is a mouse.
38. The intelligent electronic device of claim 36, wherein the input device is a joystick.
39. The intelligent electronic device of claim 36, wherein the input device is a keyboard.
40. The intelligent electronic device of claim 23, wherein the at least one device controller is selected to operate as a slave device controller, further comprising a hub coupled to the interface, the hub enabling coupling of 127 external slave devices to the intelligent electronic device.