Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secondary cooling apparatus and method for a refrigerator
- Patent Title (中): 二次冷却装置及其制冷方法
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Application No.: US12105719Application Date: 2008-04-18
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Publication No.: US08794026B2Publication Date: 2014-08-05
- Inventor: Steven John Kuehl , Douglas D. Leclear , Anderson Bortoletto
- Applicant: Steven John Kuehl , Douglas D. Leclear , Anderson Bortoletto
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Main IPC: F25D17/02
- IPC: F25D17/02

Abstract:
The present invention provides a secondary cooling apparatus and method of providing cooling to one or more features in a refrigerator. In one exemplary aspect of the present invention, the refrigerator includes a cabinet having a door, a first cooling loop in the cabinet, and a second cooling loop cooled by the first cooling loop. The secondary cooling loop is adapted to cool the one or more features in the cabinet or on the door of the refrigerator. In another exemplary aspect of the present invention, a method for providing cooling in a refrigerator to one or more features in a compartment or on a door of the refrigerator includes providing a first cooling loop within a refrigerator, cooling a secondary cooling loop directly or indirectly with the first cooling loop, and transferring cooling from the secondary cooling loop to the one or more features in the compartment or on the door of the refrigerator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090260371A1 SECONDARY COOLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A REFRIGERATOR Public/Granted day:2009-10-22
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