Combined microwave oven and refrigerator

- Whirlpool Corporation

a refrigerated appliance having a cabinet defining a pair of cavities and an apparatus for refrigerating one of the cavities. The refrigerated cavity is provided with doors for selectively closing the refrigerated cavity. The other of the cavities defines an opening and is adapted to receive a freestanding microwave oven having an integral door. The open cavity may be provided with a trim for adapting the cavity to any one of a plurality of different microwave ovens electrically disposed therein. The trim may define a vent for providing the microwave oven with cooling air flow circulation. The refrigeration apparatus may define a freestanding cabinet with the microwave oven defining a freestanding oven carried on a horizontal support wall at the top of the refrigeration space.

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Description
Patent History
Patent number: T973013
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 19, 1977
Date of Patent: Aug 1, 1978
Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
Inventors: Frank I. Ferrara (Newburgh, IN), Samuel J. Pearson (St. Joseph, MI)
Application Number: 5/834,761
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Combined (312/237); Combined (165/138); 219/1055E
International Classification: A47B 8300;