Unit Includes Movable Wall Section, E.g., Door Patents (Class 62/449)
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Patent number: 8042353Abstract: A refrigerator door is provided. The refrigerator door has an outer case forming a shape of the refrigerator door, an inner case provided within the outer case to configure a backside of the refrigerator door wherein a space between the inner case and the outer case is charged with a foaming liquid, an ice making unit provided to one side of the inner case to make ice, a fixing unit provided to the space charged with the foaming liquid between the inner case and the outer case and fixing the ice making unit to the refrigerator door, and a dispenser provided to one side of the outer case to discharge the ice supplied by the ice making unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Bok Dong Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Sam Kyu Park
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Patent number: 8033134Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a refrigerator compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, and a battery. There is at least one fan disposed within the refrigerator cabinet and electrically connected to the battery. The battery powers the at least one fan during a power outage to thereby circulate air from the freezer compartment to the refrigerator compartment. The at least one fan may be a direct current operated fan. The refrigerator may also include an inverter and the at least one fan may then be an alternating current operated fan electrically connected to the inverter. The battery may be disposed within the refrigerator cabinet or may be external to the refrigerator cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Andrew David Litch, Rodrigo Alexandre Sigwalt, Anderson Bortoletto, Vincent Paul Anderson, Michael E. Stagg, Ronald Wayne Guess, Jill C. Moeller, Randell L. Jeffery, Matthew J. Nibbelink
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Publication number: 20110239677Abstract: The present application provides a chest cooler for dispensing products. The chest cooler may include a first product compartment with a first transparent panel and a second product compartment with a second transparent panel. The second product compartment may include a slanted floor leading to the second transparent panel such that a first number of the number of products may be positioned on the slanted floor and may be visible through the second transparent panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventor: Jurgen Roekens
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Publication number: 20110239676Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus for mounting to a retail gondola includes a case, a door hingedly connected with the case, a compressor disposed within the case, a condenser coil disposed within the case, an evaporator coil disposed within the case, and brackets connected with the case. The case includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a left wall, a right wall and a rear wall defining a forward opening and a storage compartment for storing retail items. The case further includes a heat-conductive inner wall and a heat-conductive outer wall. The door is moveable between a closed position for covering the forward opening and an open position for providing access to the storage compartment. The condenser coil is disposed adjacent the outer wall and is in fluid communication with the compressor. The evaporator is disposed adjacent the inner wall and is in fluid communication with the compressor. The brackets extend rearwardly from the case away from the rear wall for engaging an upright of a retail gondola.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: BIL-JAC, INC.Inventors: Craig Saunders, Jeffrey Kalman, David Boll, Gary Robert Stephan, Lindsey Tufts, JR.
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Publication number: 20110232317Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a door for providing access to the fresh food compartment, and an ice storage bin at the door. The ice storage bin includes an ice storage bin body having a front, a back, a bottom, opposite sides, an open top, and a cover mounted to the top. Insulation is provided between the cover and the front of the ice storage bin. The ice storage bin may be pivotally mounted to the door and configured to tilt open to allow for access to ice disposed within the ice storage bin. The ice storage bin may be removable. The ice storage bin may be accessed directly from within the fresh food compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventor: LAURA ESTHER FLORES
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Publication number: 20110232322Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a freezer door for providing access to the freezer compartment, a lower freezer basket, an upper freezer basket, a divider operatively connected to the lower freezer basket to divide the lower freezer basket, and guide surfaces on a top portion of the divider to allow for guiding the upper freezer basket forward and back.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: KEVIN L. NOEL, CHAD J. ROTTER
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Publication number: 20110219789Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fast ice making device for quickly producing ice cubes. The fast ice making device includes a mold body having a plurality of ice forming cavities adapted to hold fluid. In an ice making cycle, a vacuum system evacuates air from the cavities, thereby depressurizing the cavities. Then, a liquid delivery system delivers liquid to the depressurized cavities, whereby an initial portion of the liquid bubbles up within the respective cavities. Overall, a cooler fluid is established at the beginning of an ice making cycle, thus accelerating the rate at which ice cubes are formed within the fast ice making device. Once ice cubes have been formed within the cavities, a heat transfer system is utilized to heat the cavities, thereby slightly melting the ice cubes and aiding in the expulsion of ice cubes from the cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: ALEXANDRE D. GROSSE, ADRIANA S. GUILLEN
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Publication number: 20110214448Abstract: The present invention discloses a non-freezing storage unit including an outer casing with an open front surface, a drawer which can be pulled out through the open front surface of the outer casing, a sensor installed on the outer casing and/or the drawer, a heater installed in the outer casing, and an air layer formed at the front of the drawer to intercept the cool air. The non-freezing storage unit is located in a cooling space to store food in a non-frozen state at a temperature below 0° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventor: Deok-Hyun Youn
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Publication number: 20110214442Abstract: An ice level detection device of a refrigerator includes an ice level detection arm and an ice storage container detection arm, the ice level detection arm operatively connected to a mechanical motor for movement between an ice sensing position with the ice level detection arm extending at least partially into the ice storage container and an ice harvest position with the ice level detection arm being clear of the ice storage container, the ice storage container detection arm abutting the ice storage container while the ice storage container is mounted at the door. The ice level detection arm transitions from the ice sensing position to the ice harvest position for ice harvest by the ice maker. Opening the door disables ice harvest by the ice maker. Upon removal of the ice storage container the ice level detection arm transitions to the ice harvest position and disables ice harvest.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: JEROLD M. VISIN, GUOLIAN WU
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Publication number: 20110209493Abstract: Provided is a refrigeration appliance including a cabinet defining a fresh-food compartment and a freezer compartment. The refrigeration appliance includes a refrigeration system that is operable to provide a cooling effect to an interior of the fresh-food and freezer compartments. A pair of doors is pivotally connected to the cabinet with a hinge assembly for restricting access to the interior of the fresh-food compartment. Each door includes a side portion extending between an exterior face and an interior portion of the door. The side portions of the doors generally oppose each other when the doors are closed. A user interface is also provided to the side portion of at least one of the doors comprising an input device to be manipulated by a user for controlling a target temperature within at least one of the fresh-food and freezer compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Dennis Schenk, Cory Dale Simpson, Nilton Carlos Bertolini
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Publication number: 20110185762Abstract: Described in this application is an improved cartridge, such as a water filter, and housing for the filter. The filter is preferably of the push-in type and the filter housing includes an assembly to automatically set the water filter in position as a cover over the filter is closed. According to one embodiment, the assembly consists of a cover and lever linkage which engage complimentary protrusions on the water filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: CHRISTOPHER A. KRUCKENBERG, JEFFREY A. SPINDLER
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Publication number: 20110179819Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. In the refrigerator, a manufacture cost for a buffer device to buffer a shock generated when opening a home bar door, can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventor: Moon-Seok Lee
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Publication number: 20110179816Abstract: A cold appliance, such as a household refrigerator or freezer, comprising a cooling module (102) and a cabinet (101). The cabinet has been assembled from pre-foamed panels comprising two opposite side wall panels (1), a rear wall panel (4), a top part (2), and a bottom part (103), which are connected essentially perpendicular to each other e.g. by means of mechanical and/or or glue joints, and a door (6). The cabinet comprises a condensation preventing device (160) comprising a heat carrier tube (28, 160) being positioned at a front frame portion of the cabinet of the cold appliance, preferably adjacent to a part of the door (6). The heat carrier tube being filled with a heat carrier fluid, being closed and having a boiler portion (172), which is arranged in thermal contact with a heat generating means (32) of said cooling module for boiling the heat carrier fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUXInventors: Bernt Andersson, Klas Andersson
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Publication number: 20110174012Abstract: An embodiment relates to a refrigerator. According to a refrigerator of an embodiment of the present invention, there is not difference in a plurality of shelves arranged continuously in parallel with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: JinWook Park
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Publication number: 20110167862Abstract: A refrigerator and an ice-making system thereof, which may maximize space utilization inside a storage compartment. To this end, an ice-making device is horizontally wide and vertically thin, and an ice discharge port of a dispenser unit is oriented obliquely or parallel to a surface of a storage compartment door to reduce the thickness of the dispenser unit. An icemaker and an ice storage container to receive ice made by the icemaker are horizontally arranged parallel to each other within the ice-making device. A transfer channel is formed in an inner foamed portion of the storage compartment door to maximize space utilization inside the storage compartment and door shelves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Shik Shin, Jeong Sook Kim, Yun Ho Yang, Jin Jeong
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Publication number: 20110162403Abstract: A cold appliance comprising a cooling module (102) and a cabinet (101) comprising cabinet panels including two opposite pre-foamed side wall panels (1), a pre-foamed rear wall panel (4), a top part (2), and a bottom part (103); and a door (6). The cooling module comprises an air outlet (43) delivering cooled air to a cold compartment (104) of the cabinet, and an air inlet (44) receiving air from the cold compartment. The cold appliance further comprises a rear wall lining (50), which is arranged at the inside of the pre-foamed rear wall panel, and which forms a space between the rear wall lining and the rear wall panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUXInventors: Anders Selin, Marko Tapio Jokila, Sven Blomberg, Klas Andersson, Bernt Andersson
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Publication number: 20110146326Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator that includes a cabinet, a refrigerator door, and a cabinet sealing part. The cabinet defines a storage compartment. The refrigerator door opens and closes the storage compartment. The cabinet sealing part is provided to a contact portion between the refrigerator door and the cabinet to prevent a communication between the storage compartment and an outside. The refrigerator door includes a door liner defining an ice compartment, an ice maker in the ice compartment, the ice maker generating ice, an ice bin storing ice generated by the ice maker, an ice compartment door opening and closing the ice compartment, and a plurality of sealing parts at positions spaced apart from each other. The sealing parts prevent a communication between the ice compartment and the storage compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sang Phil CHOI
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Publication number: 20110146325Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment; a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, the door comprising an outer case and a door liner; an ice maker configured to generate ice cubes; an ice bin provided at the refrigerator door, the ice bin storing the ice cubes generated in the ice maker; a dispenser provided at the door, the dispenser dispensing the ice cubes stored in the ice bin; and a vacuum insulation panel disposed between the outer case and the ice bin to insulate the storage compartment from an outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Seung Mok LEE
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Publication number: 20110146327Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator, which comprises: a main body having a storage compartment therein; and a door connected to the main body and opening/closing the storage compartment, wherein the door includes: an outer case defining an external appearance of the door; a door liner combined with the outer case; an insulation material filled between the outer case and the door liner; and a holder supporting both a receptacle connected with a cable for controlling an ice maker and a water supply cock for making ice, the holder disposed between the outer case and the door liner, wherein the holder is fixed to the outer case.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Seong Min SONG
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Publication number: 20110146333Abstract: The embodiment relates to a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a freezing compartment is selectively partitioned into a plurality of spaces and some of the plurality of spaces can be used as a convertible compartment that can be converted into the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment. In addition, the refrigerator has a structure that an operation unit is provided at a door that opens and closes the convertible compartment and a cable that extends from a main body to the operation unit is clearly processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Min Bon KOO, Jong Wook AN
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Publication number: 20110146336Abstract: A cold appliance construction kit comprising a cooling module (102), a plurality of cabinet panels, including wall panels (1, 4), to be assembled into a cabinet, and at least one door (6). Each cabinet panel comprises an inner sheet (9), an outer sheet (8) and an intermediary layer (17) of a foamed insulating material, wherein each cabinet panel has an inner surface, an outer surface, and four edge surfaces. The edge surfaces (16) of a first wall panel (1) is formed such that at least one of said outer and inner sheets comprises an edge portion (16) that extends beyond the edge surface of the foamed insulating material and provides an attachment area for attachment to another cabinet panel (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Anders Selin, Marko Tapio Jokila, Sven Blomberg, Bernt Andersson
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Publication number: 20110146323Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator that includes a cabinet and a refrigerator door. The cabinet defining a storage compartment. The refrigerator door opens and closes the storage compartment. The refrigerator door includes a door liner defining an ice compartment, an ice compartment door opening and closing the ice compartment, and a handle provided to the ice compartment door. The ice compartment door includes a dike protruding from the ice compartment door. The handle and the dike are disposed on an identical line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sang Phil CHOI
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Publication number: 20110146331Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a cabinet, a refrigerator compartment door, a freezer compartment door, an ice compartment, a dispenser, a cabinet duct disposed in an inner wall of the refrigerator compartment. The cabinet duct allows cool air for making ice to flow therein, and has a cabinet duct opening that opens toward an inside of the refrigerator compartment and that is disposed longitudinally in a vertical direction. The refrigerator also includes an ice compartment duct having an ice compartment duct opening that is configured to communicate with the cabinet duct when the refrigerator compartment door is oriented in a closed position and that is defined longitudinally in a vertical direction. The ice compartment duct is disposed in a sidewall of the ice compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Gi Yong MOON, Dae Jin CHOI
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Publication number: 20110146334Abstract: Provided are a refrigerator and a drawer for a refrigerator. The drawer for the refrigerator includes a receiving member received in the refrigerator to provide a receiving space for receiving foods, an induction member disposed inside the receiving member to induce a formation of moisture on a surface thereof, an indicating member disposed inside the receiving member, the indicating member comprising an indicating part for indicating a humidity state to the outside, and a transmission part providing a space through which the moisture flows, together with the indicating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Eunjeong KIM, Eunyoung PARK, Sangho OH, Jaehyun SOH
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Publication number: 20110146312Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a storage compartment and a refrigerator door opening and closing the storage compartment. The refrigerator door includes an ice compartment, an ice maker in the ice compartment, the ice maker generating ice cubes, an ice bin storing the ice cubes generated in the ice maker, and a cool air duct guiding cool air to the ice maker.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jin Il HONG, Sung Sik KANG
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Patent number: 7963118Abstract: A vapor-compression heat exchange system for facilitating cooling of an electronics rack. The system includes employing an evaporator coil mounted to an outlet door cover, which is hingedly affixed to an air outlet side of the rack, as well as refrigerant inlet and outlet plenums and an expansion valve also mounted to the outlet door cover and in fluid communication with the evaporator coil. The evaporator coil includes at least one heat exchange tube section and a plurality of fins extending therefrom. Respective connect couplings connect the inlet and outlet plenums in fluid communication with a vapor-compression unit which includes a compressor and a condenser disposed separate from the outlet door cover. The vapor-compression unit exhausts heat from refrigerant circulating therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Donald W. Porter, Roger R. Schmidt, Jyunji Takayoshi, Takeshi Tsukamoto, Yasuharu Yamada
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Publication number: 20110138828Abstract: An ice collection area is disposed inside the cabinet proximate an ice maker. An ice storage area is disposed inside the cabinet. A first relocatable ice bin is disposed inside the cabinet. The first relocatable ice bin is disposed in one of the ice collection area and the ice storage area. A second relocatable ice bin is disposed inside the cabinet. The second relocatable ice bin is disposed in the other of the ice collection area and the ice storage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: DOUGLAS D. LECLEAR, THOMAS L. MUELLER, RONALD L. VOGLEWEDE
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Publication number: 20110132025Abstract: Disclosed herein are a refrigerator door having an improved configuration to prevent damage to a printed layer of a door front panel and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a door to open and close a storage compartment. The door includes a front panel on a rear surface of which a printed layer is formed, a door sash coupled to the front panel and having at least one opening, and a foamed material charged in a space defined by the front panel and the door sash. The front panel includes a release layer formed on a surface of the printed layer to correspond to the contour of the at least one opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Ji Man Kim, Sang Gyu Jung, Hyoung Suk Lee
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Publication number: 20110132023Abstract: An outer case of a refrigerator to conceal surface corrugation thereof and a refrigerator having the same and a manufacturing method thereof. The outer case is printed on a surface thereof with patterns, and surface indented portions constitute a part of the patterns. The iron outer case undergoes surface deformation due to a foamed material charged inside thereof. The surface indented portions formed at several positions of the surface of the outer case serve not only to prevent a user from recognizing the surface deformation, but also to conceal the surface deformation. The surface indented portions also provide the surface of the outer case with an aesthetically pleasing exterior appearance thus achieving decoration effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Jin Ha Hwang, Jung Geun Lee
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Publication number: 20110132024Abstract: A refrigerator with a handle unit allows a user to open a door with a small force. The refrigerator includes a main body including upper and lower storage chambers, a pair of rotating first doors to open and close the upper storage chamber, a second drawer type door to open and close the lower storage chamber, a handle unit mounted on the second door to slidably move in forward and backward directions of the second door, push members moving forward and backward in a direction of the rear surface of the second door, and interlocking units provided between the handle unit and the push members, wherein the interlocking units move the push members in connection with the forward sliding movement of the handle unit to separate the second door from the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Jae Myung Han
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Publication number: 20110126578Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage chamber is provided and a door on which an image is provided. The door is pivotably coupled to the main body. The door includes a door panel defining an outer appearance of the door, a pattern processing part disposed on a side of the door panel to realize the image, and a glass member fixed to the door panel. According to the refrigerator, an elegant outer appearance of the door is realized to satisfy consumers' desires and increase consumer confidence.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Ju-Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20110126571Abstract: A cold appliance, such as a household refrigerator or freezer, comprising a cabinet (101) and a cooling module (102) and a cabinet panel for a household cold appliance. The cabinet comprises cabinet panels including two opposite side wall panels (1), a rear wall panel (4), and a top part (2), which are connected essentially perpendicular to each other by means of mechanical and/or glue joints. Each cabinet panel comprises an inner sheet (9), an outer sheet (8) and an intermediary layer (17) of a foamed insulating material, wherein each cabinet panel has an inner surface, an outer surface, and four edge surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUXInventors: Anders Selin, Marko Tapio Jokila, Sven Blomberg, Bernt Andersson
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Publication number: 20110126573Abstract: Provided are a refrigerator and a storing device for the refrigerator. The storing device includes a plurality of water collecting recesses that are recessed from a lower surface of a drawer cover and have variable transparency according to collecting of moisture, to show an inner moisture state of a drawer through the drawer cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Eunjeong KIM, Eunyoung PARK, Sangho OH, Jaehyun SOH
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Publication number: 20110127896Abstract: A refrigerator which includes a refrigerator cabinet, a door attached to the refrigerator cabinet, a refrigerator drawer assembly disposed within the cabinet, the assembly including: (a) a refrigerator drawer body with a bottom and a plurality of upright walls operatively connected to the bottom; (b) a perimeter frame with front, back and opposite portions; (c) a support member having a first end, a second end, a bottom, a top, and a plurality of walls, the support member interchangeably connected to the front and back portions of the perimeter frame; and (d) a refrigerator drawer subassembly configured to support and allow for movement of the refrigerator drawer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: TROY M. ANDERSON, TODD E. JACKSON
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Publication number: 20110126569Abstract: A cold appliance comprising a cabinet (101) comprising two opposite side wall panels (1), a rear wall panel (4), a top part (2), a bottom part (103), and a door (6). Each panel comprises an inner sheet (9), an outer sheet (8) and an intermediary layer (17) of a foamed insulating material. Each cabinet panel has an inner surface, an outer surface, and four edge surfaces, wherein the side wall panels, the rear wall panel, the top part, and the bottom part are assembled to form a cold compartment (104), which is closable with the door. The cold appliance (100) further comprises a profiled bar (23), mounted at an edge surface (16) at a front frame portion of the cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUXInventors: Anders Selin, Sven Blomberg, Marko Tapio Jokila, Bernt Andersson
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Publication number: 20110120172Abstract: A refrigerator door having a dispenser is disclosed. The refrigerator door includes an outer case forming a front appearance of the refrigerator door, an inner case forming a rear appearance of the refrigerator door, and an insulation layer disposed between the outer case and the inner case. First and second mounting frames are installed at both side ends of the refrigerator door and have first and second mounting slots longitudinally formed in the first and second mounting frames in opposition to each other. The dispenser is detachably coupled to a front surface of the outer case and includes a housing, which forms an external appearance of the dispenser and is formed with a recess section. An external plate section is coupled to the front surface of the outer case except for an area in which the dispenser is installed, forming an external appearance of the refrigerator door.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Yong-Chol KWON
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Patent number: 7946125Abstract: A refrigerator freezer having an ice maker positioned on a refrigerator compartment or freezer compartment door. The ice maker is arranged to prevent or manage spills from the ice maker in the event the door on which the ice maker is mounted is opened or closed when unfrozen water is present in the ice maker. Spill management embodiments for a number of fixed and movable tray ice makers are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Jerry M. Visin, Guolian Wu, Marcus R. Fischer, Michele E. Wilcox, Martin D. Lewis, Kevin M. Chase
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Publication number: 20110113816Abstract: The within invention relates to a household appliance, particularly a refrigerating and/or freezing device, with at least one door, through which the interior of the device can be closed, and with at least one door closure system that comprises the following components: at least one means of closure that moves the door into its closed position, at least one damping device that opposes a counterforce and thus dampens the door movement, at least one movable carriage connected with the closure system such that the means of closure is moved into a pre-tensioned state by the carriage when the door is opened, as well as at least one interlocking component connected with the damping device and with the means of closure such that the means of closure can be fixed by the interlocking component in its pre-tensioned state, whereby the carriage and the interlocking component are designed such that they are coupled together by means of a first movement section of the door and are decoupled from each other by means of a seType: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Liebherr-Hausgeraete Lienz GmbHInventor: Richard Stocker
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Publication number: 20110113799Abstract: An ice level sensing system for an appliance having a cavity with a cavity wall. An ice storage bin and an ice maker are disposed within the cavity. The ice storage bin is configured to hold ice discharged from the ice maker. The ice level sensing system includes a transmitter for transmitting a light beam and a detector for detecting the light beam. The transmitter and the detector are disposed on the cavity wall. A reflector is disposed relatively remote from the transmitter. The transmitter is operative to project the light beam toward the reflector. The transmitter and the detector are angled relative to each other so that the light beam reflected by the reflector is directed toward the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Bryan W. Snider, Martin Nicholas Austin
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Patent number: 7942013Abstract: The present invention is directed to a display for a refrigerator, comprising a display case mounted to a display mounting portion provided to a front surface of a refrigerator door and provided with a predetermined installation space therein; a printed circuit board (PCB) installed to the display case and including an input portion for receiving various operation signals for the refrigerator and a display portion for displaying a variety of operating information for the refrigerator; and a display cover provided to one side of the PCB and defining a front surface of the display. According to the present invention, there are advantages in that errors occurring at an installation process can be minimized, the assembly and installation processes can be more easily made, and the repair and exchange can also be easily performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Ung-Su Kim
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Publication number: 20110107785Abstract: Refrigerator with an icemaker including a cabinet having a mullion wall for compartmentalization of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a case provided to a door on the refrigerating chamber, having a cavity therein, a first duct for supplying cold air from a neighborhood of an evaporator in the freezing chamber to the cavity, the icemaker in the cavity for producing ice, an ice container in the cavity for storing the ice, and a dispenser in the door in communication with the cavity, thereby having ice supplied to a user at an outside of the refrigerator through a dispenser provided to the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Myung Ryul LEE, Seong Jae KIM, Chang Ho SEO, Sung Hoon CHUNG
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Publication number: 20110100044Abstract: A door for a refrigerated merchandiser defining a product display area. The door includes a first glass panel, a second glass panel, and a third glass panel. The first glass panel is in communication with an environment surrounding the merchandiser, and has a first surface facing the environment and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second glass panel has a third surface facing the second surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The third glass panel is in communication with the product display area, and has a fifth surface that faces the fourth surface and a sixth surface that is opposite the fifth surface. The door also includes a film that has a split silver low-emissivity coating covering at least a portion of one or more of the first glass panel, the second glass panel, and the third glass panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: HUSSMANN CORPORATIONInventors: Craig S. Reichert, Timothy D. Anderson
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Publication number: 20110100053Abstract: A refrigerating appliance is shown, comprising a refrigerating chamber (1) for goods to be refrigerated, a housing (2) receiving the refrigerating chamber (1) at least partially, at least one door (4) which is provided on a housing opening (3) of the housing (2), can be moved with respect to the housing (2) and provides access to the refrigerating chamber, and further comprising a door attachment (7) which is provided between the door (4) and the housing (2) and includes an opening device (8) having a rocker lever (14) for moving the door (4) about a tilting axis, particularly a horizontal tilting axis, from a closed to an open position (10, 11).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: AHT Cooling Systems GmbHInventor: Reinhold Resch
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Publication number: 20110094256Abstract: A refrigerator having a sub door which reduces energy loss and a method of manufacturing method the sub door. The refrigerator includes a main body provided with storage chambers formed therein, doors opening and closing the storage chambers, and provided with an opening, a sub door to open and close the opening, and a cooling unit provided on the rear surface of the sub door. When the sub door is opened, cool air of the cooling unit is transmitted to a stored article put on the rear surface of the sub door, and when the sub door is closed, relatively uniform temperature distribution in the storage chamber is achieved and thus storage performance of the refrigerator is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Hee Song, Jeong Wook Lee, Ha Jin Jeong
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Publication number: 20110094254Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ice maker for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same. The ice maker for a refrigerator may include an ice tray having a plurality of cells thereinside, an ejector configured to remove ice inside the cells, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the ice removed by the ejector in the length direction of the ice tray. Accordingly, the width of the ice maker can be reduced, thereby reducing the size of its occupied area in the width direction when the ice maker is provided therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Bongjin KIM, Younghoon YUN, Seunghwan OH, Seongjae KIM
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Publication number: 20110083464Abstract: Refrigerators with at least one pullout refrigerator compartment that provides side access to one or more refrigerated items are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Inventor: Craig Kettles
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Publication number: 20110083465Abstract: A refrigerator with split type shelves comprises: a refrigerator body having a storage space; doors disposed on a front surface of the refrigerator body, and configured to open and close the storage space; first shelves installed at an inner side of the storage space, and accommodating storage items thereon; and a shelf assembly disposed between the first shelves and the door, and installed so as to be movable with respect to the refrigerator body such that front surfaces of the first shelves are exposed to a front surface of the refrigerator body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyunjung KIM, Yongjoon KIM, Eunjeong KIM, Younseok LEE
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Publication number: 20110083461Abstract: The embodiment relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator according to the exemplary embodiment includes: a cabinet that includes at least one storage compartment; a plurality of doors that open and close the at least one storage compartment; a plurality of operating units that are provided at each door; and a door opening apparatus that is positioned at the cabinet and opens one of the plurality of doors corresponding to the operation of the plurality of operating units, wherein the door opening apparatus includes a driving motor, a power transfer unit that transfers power of the driving motor, and a plurality of push members each of which corresponds to the plurality of doors and are connected to the power transfer unit, and when the driving motor is operated, one of the plurality of push members pushes one of the plurality of doors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Myung Hwan KIM
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Publication number: 20110083457Abstract: A refrigerator dispenser includes an ice dispensing actuator, an ice dispensing chute, an ice dispensing housing positioned within a refrigerator door cavity and configured to define an ice dispensing cavity through which ice dispensed by the ice dispensing chute passes, a liquid dispensing chute positioned closer to a front surface of a refrigerator door than the ice dispensing housing, and a liquid dispensing actuator positioned on the ice dispensing housing and configured to receive input to inspire dispensing of liquid through the liquid dispensing chute.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Heon-jae JANG, Seung-beom CHAE, II-wook JOUNG, Sang-ho PARK, Yong-chul KWON, Hyeon-jin KIM
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Publication number: 20110079034Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator which performs a light emitting operation in connection with opening and closing of doors and a home bar door. The refrigerator includes a front glass, a light guide member disposed on a rear surface of the front glass, a light emitting device disposed at the outside of the light guide member to generate light toward the light guide member, scattering members provided within the light guide member to scatter the light of the light emitting device transmitted through the light guide member, and transmitting parts provided on the front glass corresponding to the scattering members to transmit the light of the scattering members toward the front surface of each door, and the light emitting device emits light in connection with opened and closed states of the doors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2010Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joong Ho Kim, Yong Man Seo, Eui Young Chang