Refrigerator

Details Refrigerator Refrigerator

2007-03-06

2007-03-06

Doerrier, William C. (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Gas controller or director

Cooled gas directed relative to cooled enclosure

C062S441000, C062S448000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10644937

ABSTRACT:
A refrigerator in which a machine room and an air cooling chamber having an evaporator, are placed at a top of a cabinet to maximize the storage capacity of lower sections of storage compartments. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment therein. A top projection part is formed by projecting a rear portion of a top of the cabinet upward. The top projection part defines the air cooling chamber therein, such that the air cooling chamber extends upward from an upper portion of the storage compartment. The machine room is defined on the top of the cabinet at a position in front of the top projection part, and receives a compressor and a condenser therein.

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