Household refrigerator with air circulation and cooling arrangement
US4211090A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2400/04
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The present invention relates to an air circulating and cooling arrangement for a refrigerator cabinet including a fresh food and freezer storage compartment. A partition dividing the compartments includes a first wall defining the upper wall of fresh food compartment and a second wall defining the lower wall of the freezer compartment. A divider element arranged intermediate the partition walls separates a first passage for circulating air through the fresh food compartment and a second passage for circulating air through the freezer compartment. The evaporator is in heat exchange relation with a portion of the first passage so that air moving through the fresh food compartment contacts colder portions of the divider to remove moisture therefrom prior to passing through the evaporator. The heat leakage from that portion of the divider in heat exchange relation with the evaporator conductively links the evaporator to the fresh food compartment. In effect the present invention links the evaporator to the fresh food compartment conductively as well as convectively.
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