Air-cooled refrigerator with evaporator at bottom of cabinet
US12339053B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2321/144
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Provided is an air-cooled refrigerator with an evaporator at the bottom of a cabinet thereof. The air-cooled refrigerator includes: a cabinet with a bottom liner; a partition cover plate transversely arranged in the bottom liner to divide the bottom liner into a storage space and a cooling chamber below the storage space; a return air cover arranged at the front of the cooling chamber and provided with at least one front return air inlet; and an evaporator, which is in a flat cuboid shape and is mounted in the cooling chamber in a manner of inclining upwards from front to back, where a front portion of a top surface of the evaporator, the partition cover plate and the return air cover define a frost-accommodating space, such that some of the air that enters from the front return air inlet enters the evaporator from the frost-accommodating space.
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