Abstract: A refrigerator comprises a refrigerating cycle in which a refrigerant is charged and which includes a cooler for a freezing compartment, a closed loop which is branched from the refrigerating cycle and includes a cooler for a refrigerating compartment, and a heating device provided in the closed loop which supplies the refrigerant to the closed loop by means of vapor bubble pumping action, to thereby control the refrigerant flow in the closed loop.

Abstract: A heat transfer device comprising a liquid having a low boiling point and a non-condensable gas, said liquid and said gas being charged in a vessel, said vessel being separated into a heating section and a cooling section by means of an adiabatic member to cause said liquid to boil at temperatures above a desired temperature.In the heat transfer device, a great amount of heat is transferred at temperatures above a desired temperature by causing vapor bubbles to transfer from said heating section to said cooling section, said bubbles resulting from boiling of said liquid, while no heat transfer is effected between the aforesaid two sections at temperatures below the desired temperatures.The heat transfer device is suited for use in such apparatuses or machines which require a thermal valving function, especially for use in a refrigerator.

Abstract: A heat transfer device comprises two kinds of liquid having different boiling points and specific gravities, said two kinds of liquid being not mutually dissolvable and charged in a vessel so as to form two layers therein in superimposed relation to each other. In the heat transfer device, a large amount of heat is transferred at temperatures above a certain temperature but unidirectionally, while no heat transfer is effected at temperatures below the aforesaid certain temperature. The heat transfer device is suited for use in such apparatus or machines which require a thermally valving function, especially for use in a refrigerator.