Patent · US Expired

Compressor refrigerator

US4178771A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
2References
2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 19, 1978
Grant dateDec 18, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 19, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2600/0251
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to controls for a refrigeration assembly of the type having freezer and utility compartments with the freezer compartment having the greater cold requirement. The compartment evaporators are in parallel fluid flow lines with an electrically operated blocking device such as a PTC resistor being in the utility compartment line. Thermostats in the two compartments control the flow of refrigerant to the two compartments in a manner such that at the beginning and end of a cycle both compartments are supplied with refrigerant fluid while during the middle part of the cycle only the freezer compartment is supplied with refrigerant fluid.

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