Abstract: A bottom-freezer refrigerator comprises a generally rectangular box-like refrigerator housing including a top division and a bottom division with an adiabatic partition wall intervening between the top and bottom divisions. The top division has a refrigerator chamber and a crisper chamber both defined therein. The bottom division has a freezer compartment defined therein. The bottom-freezer refrigerator of the structure described above also comprises a first cooler provided in the top division at a location spaced from a rear wall portion of the crisper chamber, a first circulating fan disposed in the vicinity of the first cooler, a second cooler provided in the bottom division, and a second circulating fan disposed in the vicinity of the second cooler. The refrigerator chamber and the crisper chamber are cooled by the first cooler in cooperation with the first circulating fan, whereas the freezer compartment is cooled by the second cooler in cooperation with the second circulating fan.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a freezer compartment enabling a storage space of the freezer compartment to be efficiently utilized by improving the structure of an automatic ice-making system is disclosed. The freezer compartment is divided into a first section for an automatic ice-making system and a second section for storing foodstuffs. The ice-making system includes an automatic ice-maker set in the first section to form ice cubes, an ice cube container installed under the ice-maker to receive ice cubes from the automatic ice-maker and having a width larger than that of the ice-maker but smaller than that of the freezer compartment, and a hose for supplying water to the ice-maker. The hose penetrates the top wall of the freezer compartment to preferably reduce the height of the ice-maker. A length of the ice cube container is larger than its width.

Abstract: A horizontal freezer with drawer(s) therein, comprising a housing including an upper freezing chamber and at least one lower freezing chamber, the upper freezing chamber and lower freezing chamber being separated by a plate, the upper freezing chamber having a top entrance and the lower freezing chamber having a side entrance a; an cover connected to the top of the housing for closing the top entrance of the upper freezing chamber; at least one drawer, said drawer being mounted in the lower freezing chamber by means of a sliding support assembly; an evaporator, at least part of which is embedded in said housing, the housing includes an upper front panel preformed separately, a back panel and two opposite side panels, with the upper front panel connected to the two opposite side panels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-compartment type refrigerator and method for controlling the same. The refrigerator includes a plurality of storage compartments. A plurality of evaporators are each positioned in each of the storage compartments, respectively. A compressor supplies refrigerant to the evaporators through a branched refrigerant conduit. A plurality of opening/closing valves are each positioned on a refrigerant conduit upstream of each of the evaporators for selectively controlling supply of refrigerant to the evaporators. Reference compartment defining means defines as a reference storage compartment one of the storage compartments that has a relatively great load. Control means controls starting of the compressor depending on a change of a temperature of the reference storage compartment.

Abstract: A horizontal freezer comprising a housing including an upper freezing chamber and a freezing chamber, the upper freezing chamber and lower freezing chamber being separated by a plate, the upper freezing chamber having a top entrance and the lower freezing chamber having a side entrance; a cover connected to the top of the housing for closing the top entrance of the upper freezing chamber; a drawer being mounted in the lower freezing chamber by means of a sliding support assembly; an evaporator, at least part of which is embedded in said housing, the housing includes an upper front panel, back panel and two opposite side panels, with the upper front panel connected to the two opposite side panels. The sliding support assembly includes an inner sliding support and an outer sliding support.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a freezer compartment enabling a storage space of the freezer compartment to be efficiently utilized by improving the structure of an automatic ice-making system is disclosed. The freezer compartment is divided into a first section for an automatic ice-making system and a second section for storing foodstuffs. The ice-making system includes an automatic ice-maker set in the first section to form ice cubes, an ice cube container installed under the ice-maker to receive ice cubes from the automatic ice-maker and having a width larger than that of the ice-maker but smaller than that of the freezer compartment, and a hose for supplying water to the ice-maker. The hose penetrates the top wall of the freezer compartment to preferably reduce the height of the ice-maker. A length of the ice cube container is larger than its width.

Abstract: A storage box with a thermoelement is disclosed. This storage box is operable in a frozen-storage mode operation, in addition to a cool-storage mode and a hot-storage mode. During a cool-storage mode operation of the storage box, the main compartment (14) is primarily cooled by a main thermoelement (20) to be kept at a low temperature. The temperature difference between the areas around the two junctions (61, 62) of the sub-thermoelement (60) of a sub-storage unit (50) installed within the main compartment (14) is sufficiently smaller than that between the areas around the two junctions of the main thermoelement irrespective of a consideration of an addition of heat produced from heat exchanging units provided at the two junctions of each thermoelement. The sub-thermoelement (60) is thus significantly improved in its cooling capacity. The temperature of the sub-compartment (52) of the sub-storage unit (50) is thus reduced lower than 0° C., and so the sub-compartment is kept in a frozen-storage mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solenoid valve supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator that guarantees the original functions of the solenoid valve with very simplified structure for mounting a plurality of solenoid valves by positioning every solenoid valve corresponding to the evaporators on one supporter body with the same intervals and flowing and emitting the refrigerants into the plurality of solenoid valves through the supporter. The Kim-chi refrigerator comprise a solenoid valve supporter S for supporting the plurality of solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 every corresponding to the plurality of evaporator 17.

Abstract: A cooling air circulating system for use in a refrigerator includes a blower installed at a substantially upper central portion of back of a freezer chamber, for supplying a cooling air from an evaporator into the freezer chamber, a first cooling air supplying duct for guiding a cooling air from the evaporator into a refrigerator chamber, the cooling air supplying duct downwardly, linearly extending from the blower to a substantially upper central portion of back of the refrigerator chamber and then being horizontally, linearly branched into a left and a right sides of the refrigerator chamber, a cooling air supplying device provided at the branched portion of the first cooling air supplying duct, for supplying the cooling air from the evaporator into the refrigerator chamber through the first cooling air supplying duct, and a second cooling air supplying duct for allowing the cooling air supplying device to supply the cooling air from the evaporator into the refrigerator chamber.

Abstract: A middle volume of refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment provided at an upper position therein; a freezer compartment provided at a lower position therein; and a new temperature zone of freezer compartment, the new temperature zone of freezer compartment working as a compartment having a new temperature zone of not higher than a maximum ice forming temperature zone and higher than a freezing temperature zone, wherein the new temperature zone of freezer occupies substantially an entire width of the refrigerator. The new temperature zone of freezer compartment may have a temperature therein set to a temperature that foods preserved in the new temperature zone of freezer compartment can be cut without being thawed.

Abstract: A chill blow-off port is provided on a front surface side within a refrigerating compartment, and a chill return port is provided on a back wall of the refrigerating compartment, so that a chill generated by a heat exchanger flows from the front surface side within the refrigerating compartment toward the rear in the depth. Thereby, temperature unevenness within the refrigerating compartment is effectively eliminated and a cooling rate of a preserved food is enhanced.

Abstract: A method for obtaining upright refrigerators provided with a static cabinet in two different versions, by providing each of the two versions with a substantially equal static cabinet, two deep doors of unequal height outwardly closing two compartments and a compartment, and a frontal divider selectively fixable to the static cabinet in two different positions of this latter, on the basis of which a different selected compartment is increased in volume by its connection to the deep door of greater height.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment, and a low-temperature storage chamber formed in the refrigerator compartment and having a temperature lower than that of the refrigerator compartment. The refrigerator includes a compressor, a condenser, a first throttling device, a channel control valve, a refrigerator cooling unit, and a freezer cooling unit connected in series to form a refrigerating cycle. The refrigerator cooling unit and the freezer cooling unit are accommodated in the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, respectively.

Abstract: A refrigerator with at least one medium/low temperature-freezing compartment and a compression refrigeration system with a thermal storage, and a method of operating the refrigeration system with a thermal storage are provided. The refrigeration system includes a compressor, a condenser, a thermal storage, a medium/low temperature evaporator, a first expansion device, a second expansion device, a bypass line to bypass the second expansion device, a refrigerant valve to direct refrigerant flow after the thermal storage either to the bypass line or to the second expansion device, and control means to control temperature in the compartments, the compressor and the valve operations. The method comprises steps of charge and discharge of the thermal storage. During the thermal storage discharge refrigerant evaporates in the medium/low temperature evaporator providing refrigeration to the freezing compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a new temperature zone of freezer compartment as a compartment having a new temperature zone not higher than a lower limit of a maximum ice forming temperature zone and higher than a freezing temperature zone. The new temperature zone may be added as one of selective temperature zones for a switchable compartment which can be switchable so as to have a refrigerating compartment temperature zone, an icing temperature zone, a vegetable compartment temperature zone and a freezer compartment temperature zone.

Abstract: An air filter system for refrigerators includes an economically and easily manufactured housing having a replaceable air filter supported within the housing, and a releasable connector associated with the housing permits the housing of the air filter system to be readily and easily removed from the refrigerator, to permit the easy replacement of the air filter.

Abstract: An under the counter refrigeration unit (20), having a support frame (24), refrigerator cabinet (26), automatically opening lid (28), slide mechanism (32), and anti-racking assembly (86), is utilized to provide controlled temperature storage without occupying previously unused floor space or counter top (34) work area. The refrigerator cabinet (26) has an open top (60), and the slide mechanism (32) utilizes four drawer slides interposed between the support frame (24) and the refrigerator cabinet (26). The automatic lid opening mechanism (118) utilizes pins (132, 134) attached to opposite sides of the lid (28) and extending outwardly into inclined slots (122, 126). As the pins (132, 134) move to upper ends (128) of the slots (122, 126) the lid (28) is automatically lifted off the top (60) of the refrigerator cabinet (26).

Abstract: A cooling system for compartments that keep the relative humidity of products in refrigeration, characterized because it has a contact duct by means of a heat transfer plate, applied to the functioning of a two-door and two-compartment refrigerator with independent temperature regulation between the two compartments, refrigerator and freezer. The compartments are separated and the air is not mixed, thus the refrigerator compartment dehydrates less the food contained therein.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a new temperature zone of freezer compartment as a compartment having a new temperature zone not higher than a lower limit of a maximum ice forming temperature zone and higher than a freezing temperature zone. The new temperature zone may be added as one of selective temperature zones for a switchable compartment which can be switchable so as to have a refrigerating compartment temperature zone, an icing temperature zone, a vegetable compartment temperature zone and a freezer compartment temperature zone.

Abstract: A a refrigerator with enhanced freezer compartment access for slidably receiving a frame into the freezer compartment. The a refrigerator with enhanced freezer compartment access includes a refrigerator. The refrigerator has a top wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, a first side and a second side, the housing has a middle wall, the middle wall is oriented generally horizontal to the sides, the middle wall divides a refrigeration compartment and a freezer compartment. The freezer compartment is between the first side and the middle wall. A frame is slidably received in the freezer compartment. The frame has a back wall, a top wall, a front wall and a bottom wall. The front wall defines a freezer door. A plurality of racks extends between the freezer door and the back wall. A plurality of guide rails, each having base portion, are mounted to the middle wall and the first side. A plurality of brackets slidably guide the frame in the freezer compartment.

Abstract: A food storage system mounted in a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator includes an enclosure defined by inner and outer housings, as well as a food receptacle slidably positioned in the inner housing. The inner and outer housings are spaced so as to define a zone therebetween within which air is forced to flow in order to cool the contents of the receptacle. A tunnel insert is positioned in a mullion zone defined between fresh food and freezer liners of the refrigerator, with the tunnel insert being formed with a through hole for directing the flow of cooling air into the food storage system, a channel for directing an exhaust flow of cooling air from the food storage system out of the fresh food compartment within the mullion zone and an enlarged opening defining a return air passage for the overall fresh food compartment. The tunnel insert, within the mullion zone, channels the exhaust air from the food storage system to the return air passage.

Abstract: A refrigerator damper control and lighting assembly is mounted to a top wall of a fresh food compartment. The housing includes dials which are accessible from the front of the housing to a user to control thermostat and to control a damper located on a rear wall of the refrigerator. The dial controlling the damper has a post onto which a connecting arm to the damper interconnects the damper with the dial so that rotation of the dial effectively operates the control of the damper. The dial has a peripheral flange that extends around only a portion of the circumference of the dial and is adapted to contact opposing sides of the connecting arm to thereby limit rotational movement of the dial and which in-turn limits opening and closing movement of the damper depending on direction of rotational movement of the dial.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling the temperature of a refrigeration unit (1) with a refrigerating compartment (3), a freezing compartment (2) and a common evaporator (4) of a cooling circuit, and a corresponding temperature control arrangement. In a first mode (normal operation) the compressor (5) of the cooling circuit is turned ON when cooling is required and turned OFF when cooling is not required, in dependence of the refrigerating compartment temperature (T.sub.2). In a second mode, in spite of no cooling requirement in the refrigerating compartment (3), the compressor (5) is forced ON for a predetermined operating time (t.sub.1), when the OFF-time of the compressor has exceeded a threshold value (t.sub.2). The forced turning ON is repeated as often as the OFF-time exceeds the threshold value. A return to the first mode occurs as soon as the refrigerating compartment (3) requires cooling.

Abstract: A system for cooling outdoor golf practice tees is incorporated into a practice facility including a building that houses, perhaps, five or so practice tees, each of which is partially enclosed by building structure. Within the ceiling of the building, a single air conditioning unit is mounted having an outlet connected to an elongated manifold and within each enclosure, a vent is provided connected to the manifold and having a louvered outlet allowing adjustment of the direction of air flow from the outlet. A blower motor is located in the duct supplying air to the vent from the manifold and the blower motor includes a fan directed such that rotations of the motor result in blowing of conditioned air through the vent. Each enclosure includes a check control mechanism designed to receive money and responsive to receipt of the proper amount activating the blower motor for a prescribed period of time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a kitchen unit (100) for the handling of portions of household garbage at the source, i.e. in the individual households, said kitchen unit being in the form of a box, which fits into a kitchen table. The first compartment (7) is connected to a refrigeration unit having an evaporator (13) in the first compartment (7) and a condenser (14) which is placed under the bottom in the second compartment (17), so that the heat from the condenser (14) can rise up through a grating (21) into the second compartment (17). The first compartment (7) is insulated against heat on five (6, 8, 9, 10, 11) of its six walls, while the sixth wall (15) is formed using a heat-conducting material. The moisture from wet garbage which is deposited in the second compartment (17) is evaporated by the heat from the condenser and rises to meet the cold wall (15). Consequently, the vapor condenses and drips down this wall to a drip-tray (18), from which the condensate is led to a dish (20) via a tube (19).

Abstract: A refrigerated product storage system incorporates first, second and third vertically spaced storage sections carried by a unitary support frame attached to an inner wall portion of a fresh food compartment door of a refrigerator. In the most preferred form of the invention, the storage system includes an uppermost dairy compartment, an intermediate chill compartment, and a lower, slidable drawer. The chill compartment is provided with a door which is pivotably mounted about a vertical, inboard pivot axis, with the door being formed with a cut-out handle portion adapted to be aligned with a passageway formed in a partition separating freezer and fresh food compartments of the refrigerator. With this construction, a supply of low temperature air is directed from the freezer compartment directly into the chill compartment through the cut-out handle portion. The door of the chill compartment is provided with a latching mechanism, preferably an over-center acting latching mechanism.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes at least a compartment defined by inner walls and a door closing the compartment. A providing duct mounted in a inner wall of the compartment and a door duct mounted in the door simultaneously provide refrigerated air to the compartment forward and rearward respectively. A connecting duct was provided along with a shelf or a storage box mounted at the bottom of the compartment to deliver refrigerated air from the providing duct to the door duct.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a freezer compartment, a refrigerating compartment, and an evaporator. The refrigerator further has a first bypass passage, a second bypass passage and a cooled air inducing pipe.The first bypass passage allows the cooled air from the refrigerating compartment to flow directly to a fan of the refrigerating compartment, thereby allowing the cooled air to bypass the evaporator.The second bypass passage allows the cooled air from the freezer compartment to flow directly to a fan of the freezer compartment, thereby allowing the cooled air to bypass the evaporator.The cooled air inducing pipe mounted in front of the fan changes the direction of the cooled air and force the cooled air to the refrigerating compartment.

Abstract: A refreshment center having a modular construction and including a mini door and a frame is described. The mini door is fabricated and assembled separate from the frame, and the mini door includes a hinge system and a trigger. The mini door provides quick and convenient access to the refreshment center by being simple and easy to open and close. The frame, in an exemplary embodiment, is a one piece plastic molded part which serves as the main structural member of the assembly. The frame includes first and second spaced apart planar members, and further includes a keeper slot and a keeper for being inserted within the slot. The keeper extends from the slot and at least partially through a keeper slot in the door trim. The frame further includes a switch cavity for housing at least a portion of a switch assembly. A switch bracket is provided to be secured over the switch cavity and is engaged to the frame by a screw.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a main body; a refrigerating compartment arranged at an upper position in the main body to refrigerate foods; and at least three lower compartments vertically arranged under the refrigerating compartment; wherein at least one of the lower compartments is a freezer compartment for freezing foods, and one of the remaining lower compartments is a vegetable compartment to store vegetables or a switchable compartment to make a temperature zone therein switchable between a freezing temperature zone and a temperature zone for refrigerated foods, vegetables or chilled foods.

Abstract: A cool air supplying device for a fresh food compartment in refrigerators is disclosed. In the device, a cool air passage extends from an evaporator to the fresh food compartment. A connection duct is branched from the passage and extends to a front portion of the fresh food compartment. A plurality of door ducts are provided on the door of the fresh food compartment and individually have an air inlet opening at a position selectively aligned with an associated one of the air outlet openings of the connection duct. The door ducts also have a plurality of air outlet ports capable of discharging cool air from the door ducts into the fresh food compartment rearwardly. The amount of cool air for the air outlet openings of the connection duct is controlled by a cool air distribution unit. The air distribution unit has a motored regulator.

Abstract: A self-contained portable beverage dispensing system is provided which includes a housing having an interior space. A first cooling well is defined in the interior space of the housing for pre-cooling of a beverage within a beverage container, and a second cooling well is defined in the interior space of the housing for cooling the beverage after it leaves the beverage container. A tank mounting structure is disposed within the interior space of the housing for holding a propellant gas-supply tank, which is used to pressurize the beverage container. The system is thus self-contained, and the two separate cooling wells enhance the cooling of the beverage that is being dispensed.

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of supplying cold air to a refrigeration compartment door passing through a distributing duct provided in the apparatus, are disclosed. A refrigerator with the apparatus includes at least one compartment for preserving foods at a cold temperature, a first duct for supplying cool air to one portion of the compartment, a second duct for supplying the cool air to the other portion of the compartment and a pair of blower fans mounted in order to introduce the cool air to the first and second ducts, respectively. Therefore, the interior of the refrigeration compartment is maintained at a desired low temperature, thus allowing foods in the refrigeration compartment to be always maintained at the desired low temperature.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling different media which separately control the temperature of a plurality of chambers. A common refrigerant is used for cooling the different media.

Abstract: A new refrigerator with a third door for reducing loss of the cold air held in a refrigeration compartment of a refrigerator by permitting access to a top shelf of the refrigeration compartment without opening the entire door covering the refrigeration compartment. The inventive device includes a refrigerator that has a refrigeration compartment, a freezer compartment, a fridge opening into the refrigeration compartment, and a freezer opening into the freezer compartment. A first door covers the fridge opening into the refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator and is pivotally coupled to the first side of the refrigerator. A second door covers the freezer opening into the freezer compartment of the refrigerator and is pivotally coupled to the first side of the refrigerator. The first door has an aperture that extends through it from a primary end of the first door towards a secondary end of the first door. A third door is provided in the aperture of the first door.

Abstract: A cold air circulation device and method for a refrigerator, the refrigerator including a refrigerating compartment, a first door for providing access to the refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, a second door for providing access to the freezing compartment, and a cold air supply unit for supplying a cold air to the refrigerating and freezing compartments. The air circulation device and method include a first door duct formed within the first door, the first door duct including at least one inlet formed at a lower portion of the first door for receiving a circulated air from the refrigerating compartment, and an outlet formed at an upper portion of the first door for outputting the air from the inlet to the cold air supply unit.

Abstract: An energy transfer system is provided for a household or commercial refrigeration appliance. The energy transfer system includes a fluid passage disposed in the housing of the appliance for enabling the transfer of a fluid into, through, and out of the housing. The fluid is circulated through a heat exchanger which can be disposed outside of the home or underground so that the fluid is cooled by the outside air or by the ground.

Abstract: An expandable type refrigerator which is capable of coupling a plurality of refrigerating units or freezing units which each have an independent operational cycles and a predetermined size and is easily expanded at the site of refrigerator installation by coupling a plurality of the refrigerating units or freezing units, wherein each refrigerating unit or freezing unit is capable of controlling one micro-controller by using one power cord. The refrigerator includes more than at least two refrigerating units (or two freezing units) each of which is operable with a different operational cycle and which refrigerating units are coupled to each other at an installation site, a coupling apparatus for coupling the refrigerating units, one external power cord for supplying an electric power to the refrigerating units (or the freezing units), and an operational cycle controller for independently controlling the operational cycles of the refrigerating units (or the freezing units).

Abstract: A cool air exhaling apparatus in an enforced circulation type refrigerator and a control method thereof having a simple configuration so as to reduce manufacturing costs and to improve productivity, as well as freezing and refrigerating efficiency of foods. The cool air exhaling apparatus in an enforced circulation type refrigerator in which a cool air cooled by an evaporator is guided to a duct by operating a cool air circulating fan and is exhaled into the refrigerator through a cool air exhaling hollow formed in a duct cover, includes at least one cool air guide formed protrusively at the front of a duct cover in a width direction of the refrigerator, having a cool air exhaling hollow in its inner sidewall, and a duct thermal insulation material in which a cool air guide hollow having a convex curved side portion connected to the inner sidewall of the cool air guide is formed in sides of the duct cover.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having a device for dispersing cool air in a cooling compartment. A duct having cool air discharge ports is formed in an inner wall of the compartment. In the duct are installed a horizontal-dispersing blade disposed along a vertical rotational shaft, and a vertical-dispersing blade capable of rotating with respect to a horizontal axis. A worm gear in installed on the shaft, and a worm wheel engaged with the worm gear is installed on the vertical-dispersing blade. As the shaft is rotated by a motor, the blades rotate. Thus, the cool air is uniformly dispersed in the compartment, and the temperature in the compartment is maintained uniform. The angular position of the blades are controlled independently of each other substantially, so concentrative cooling can be performed easily.

Abstract: An energy transfer system is provided for a household or commercial refrigeration appliance. The energy transfer system includes a fluid passage disposed in the housing of the appliance for enabling the transfer of a fluid into, through, and out of the housing. The fluid is circulated through a heat exchanger which can be disposed outside of the home or underground so that the fluid is cooled by the outside air or by the ground.

Abstract: A cool air supply apparatus dispersedly supplies a cool air into a freezer compartment of a refrigerator. In the apparatus, an inner shell which surrounds the freezer compartment. A cross flow fan assembly is mounted under said inner shell inside the cooler chamber and blows cool air generated by an evaporator. An air distribution plate is spaced apart from the inner shell by a predetermined distance inside the freezer compartment. An air distribution plate includes a plurality of cool air outlet openings formed therein, each of the outlet openings being disposed apart from adjacent cool air outlet openings by a predetermined distance and defining a cool air supply duct with the inner shell, dispersedly supplies the cool air from said flow fan assembly into the freezer compartment through the outlet openings.

Abstract: A freezing cycle apparatus having quick freezing and thawing functions which is capable of implementing a quick freezing function of foods using an auxiliary evaporator installed in a freezing cycle apparatus, dividing a freezing chamber of the refrigerator into a quick freezing chamber and a common refreezing chamber, and using the thusly divided quick freezing chamber.

Abstract: A control method and a cook-chill system of a refrigerator/freezer combination which preserves for a long time the taste of foodstuffs after a cooked foodstuff is refrigerated rapidly and is stored by supplying a lot of chilling air of a freezing chamber into a cook-chill chamber are disclosed. The cook-chill chamber has a three-dimensional storage space for chilling rapidly and preserving cooked foodstuffs, has a first chilled air inlet hole connected with a first chilling air duct which is prolonged from a freezing chamber of which one side of the upper side has a second chilled air inlet hole connected with a second chilling air duct which is prolonged into a refrigerating chamber from a freezing chamber.

Abstract: A refrigerator lamp on/off switch housing is mounted in an insulating partition of a refrigerator. The refrigerator lamp on/off switch housing is divided into an upper housing part and a lower housing part. The lower housing part has a first magnet and a first plurality of springs, and the upper housing part has a second magnet and a second plurality of springs. A third magnet is mounted on the upper side of a door of a fresh food compartment, and a fourth magnet is mounted on the lower side of a door of a freezing compartment. A fresh food compartment lamp and a freezing compartment lamp are controlled to be turned on and off by a repulsive force between the magnets and a restoring force of the springs as the doors are opened and closed.

Abstract: A cool air feeding system that senses a temperature of each part of a refrigerator compartment, compares the sensed temperature with a reference temperature, determines which part is to be cooled, and redistributes cool air to better cool a part of the refrigeration having a greater need to be cooled. Cool air redistribution is achieved using a single value having multiple openings. Such a valve can take the form of cylindrical manifold and a corresponding cylindrical, unitary-body flow distributor, for example.

Abstract: A system for controlling temperatures in and the flow of air between freezer and fresh food compartments of a refrigerator incorporates a thermal mass that is adapted to receive a flow of air directed from the freezer compartment to the fresh food compartment. The thermal mass is associated with a temperature sensor that is connected to a manually adjustable thermostat unit. In the preferred embodiment, the temperature sensor comprises a capillary tube which is wrapped around an outer surface portion of the thermal mass. Structure is provided in the air passageway between the freezer and fresh food compartments to regulate the flow of air over the thermal mass. By regulating the flow over the thermal mass, as well as establishing a desired thermal mass size and location, the control system can achieve desired operational cycles in order to minimize energy consumption and to minimize any variance of the number of cycles over a given period of time between various refrigerator units.

Abstract: Sterile surgical fluid is maintained in one or more temperature controlled basins provided at the top of a cabinet. One or more insulated temperature controlled compartments are formed in the cabinet for storing supplemental supplies of the surgical fluid at the temperatures close to the temperatures of the basins to facilitate replenishing and/or replacing the fluid in the basins. The storage compartments can be used for long-term temperature controlled fluid storage when basin temperature is not being controlled (i.e., between surgical procedures).

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator-freezer unit having upper and lower storage compartments which are separated by a divider member. The lower compartment functions as a freezer and the upper compartment is selectively operable as either a freezer or a refrigerator.

Abstract: An air-circulated refrigerator in which a conventional separate partition, in which air passages are formed is unnecessary, so that it can be assembled easily and promptly and the freezer and refrigerating compartments are space efficient. An evaporator and fans are installed to an air duct assembly. The air duct assembly has a main air duct, an air duct cover, an air duct insulation member and air guide ducts. In the main duct, air passages are formed. One end of each of the air guide ducts is inserted into and communicated with each of the corresponding air passages, and the other end of each of the air guide ducts is inserted into each of the openings of the refrigerating compartment so as to be communicated with the refrigerating compartment.