Refrigeration – Cooled article storage compartment and cooled isolated... – Liquid container or flow line within cooled enclosure
Patent
1998-08-12
2000-06-27
Bennett, Henry
Refrigeration
Cooled article storage compartment and cooled isolated...
Liquid container or flow line within cooled enclosure
62389, 62447, 165168, F25D 2312
Patent
active
060792213
ABSTRACT:
A water tank having a body portion that slopes away, in multiple directions, from an outlet thereof is adapted to be mounted within a refrigerator cabinet in a substantially horizontal plane. The water tank is preferably integrally molded with multiple, parallel-arranged flow paths and with a plurality of upstanding tabs for use in mounting the water tank horizontally in a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator cabinet. The inlet and outlet areas of the tank are designed to minimize the potential for trapping air within the tank. In addition, the tank is formed with integrally molded clips for use in attaching a water tube to the tank. When used in a top mount refrigerator, the tank is particularly adapted to be mounted at a rear underside portion of a fresh food liner that forms part of a mullion divider assembly so as to be generally out of visual sight of the consumer, while being in direct heat exchange relationship with cooling air within the compartment.
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Bennett Henry
Diederiks, Jr. Everett G.
Jiang Chen-Wen
Maytag Corporation
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