Refrigerator with meandering air duct for wire and tube condenser
US5428973A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S454/906
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A refrigerator having an air passage duct which contains therein a wire and tube condenser where a cooling air caused by a fan flows. A refrigerator includes: a machine compartment having a fan therein for causing a flow of cooling air, located at a bottom of the refrigerator; an air passasge duct, connected to the machine compartment, containing a wire and tube condenser (referred to as a wire condenser hereinafter), the air duct and the wire condenser being placed at the bottom of the refrigerator; and an exhaust port for discharging an air used for radiating a heat of the wire condenser, wherein the air passage duct is formed in a zigzag shape so that the cooling air flowing through the air passage duct crosses through the wire condenser.
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