Abstract: A cooling system for a refrigerator having a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment separated by a partition, includes a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a condenser for condensing the compressed refrigerant; an evaporator having a freezer compartment portion and a fresh food compartment portion; wherein the freezer compartment portion of the evaporator cools a freezer compartment, and the fresh food compartment portion of the evaporator cools a fresh food compartment. The fresh food compartment portion of the evaporator projects into a passage formed in the partition which passage extends between the fresh food compartment portion of the evaporator and the fresh food compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet having a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment. There is a fresh food compartment door for providing access to the fresh food compartment and an ice compartment mounted at the fresh food compartment door. A cold plate is mounted within the fresh food compartment and adapted for cooling the ice compartment when the fresh food compartment door is in a closed position.

Abstract: A vegetable room for a refrigerator is provided. The vegetable room includes a vegetable box disposed inside a refrigerator in which a cooling air supply unit is provided to circulate cooling air therein and a plurality of shelves is provided, and having a receptacle space that receives food items therein opened upwardly, a box cover that covers an opening side of the vegetable box to close the receptacle space of the vegetable box and having a plurality of cooling air ventilating holes formed at one side thereof to introduce cooling air into the vegetable box, a cover support unit interposed between the box cover and the shelf to support the box cover at the shelf, a plurality of opening and closing members that open and close the cooling air ventilating holes of the box cover, and an operating unit that operates the opening and closing members simultaneously.

Abstract: An ultra low temperature freezer is optimized with a combination of vacuum and fiberglass insulation for long-term biological storage with accurate process cooling with critical temperature performance. A programmable cooling and cryogenic freezing system uses sealed liquid nitrogen for cooling and freezing. A hybrid completely non-mechanical system exhibits temperature uniformity and reliability, saves space, requires extremely low operating energy and minimizes need for air conditioning in the operating environment. Top-located components control the flow of liquid nitrogen even under flooding conditions. Sectioned inner doors mitigate thermal transfer to other samples and maintain ULT while accessing the freezer.

Abstract: A bottom mount refrigerator is provided with a pantry compartment that is accessible from outside the refrigerator by pulling open an easy access pantry drawer without the need to first open the fresh food compartment or the freezer compartment. A divider between the pantry compartment and the fresh food compartment is formed by a secondary mullion and a transparent shelf. The secondary mullion is provided with a light source for illuminating the contents of the pantry drawer. A light source at the rear of the pantry compartment shines generally forwardly and upwardly to illuminate the fresh food compartment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator, which, by means of a control unit (2) equipped with a display (2.1) on the refrigerator body (1), allows users to maintain foodstuff under ideal storage conditions, and to monitor the comprised stock without opening the refrigerator door. Under the light of detailed information recorded to the said control unit (2) by means of RF-tags or a barcode reader or wired/wireless data loading units; the conditions of refrigerator compartments as determined by foodstuff characteristics and the monitoring of stock therein are shown to users via said display (2.1) without necessitating said user to open the refrigerator door.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator including a storage compartment, a door for opening/closing a front surface of the storage compartment, and a cold storage unit provided in a storage space defined in the storage compartment. The cold storage unit is rotatably installed at one sidewall defining the storage space to serve as a shelf, so that convenience of use and space utility are improved.

Abstract: A domestic appliance includes an interior that can be illuminated by a light source and is surrounded by walls and a door, wherein the interior is illuminated by the light source from the direction of the door, in particular wherein the door has at least one glass area, light from the light source is coupled into the glass area from the direction of an edge, with the result that the light is at least partially guided in the glass area, and the glass area has elements through which some of the light which is guided in the glass area is conducted into the interior. This manner of illumination prevents articles in the interior from having a silhouetted appearance.

Abstract: A refrigerating device, in particular a refrigerator and/or a freezer cabinet, comprising a heat-insulating housing and a heat-insulating door. At least one component is provided on or in the door, said component being fluidically and/or electrically connected by means of a line to at least one element which is arranged on the housing. The door is articulated to the housing by means of a multilink hinge. A support, which supports the line when the door is open, is provided in the intermediate area between the door and the housing. The invention is characterised in that the inner chamber of the refrigerating device can be almost completely accessed, when a water dispensing unit is provided on the door and even with solid doors.

Abstract: A housing for a refrigeration device with an interior compartment that is surrounded by an insulation layer and an external skin that surrounds the insulation layer. Said external skin comprises at least one wall which has at least two zones with different thermal conductivities.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment. The control system provides for energy efficient control and operation through various means, including adjusting cut-in and cut-out temperatures of the cooling system to control.

Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed, which is capable of minimizing consumption of power while satisfying refrigerating performance of a freezing compartment by having a reservoir that stores a surplus refrigerant exceeding a required amount to independently cool the freezing compartment. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a refrigeration cycle including first and second evaporators respectively corresponding to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the door to dispense supercooled liquid from the supercooling compartment without opening the door. A supercooled liquid tank is detachably installed in the supercooling compartment to supercool beverage. The supercooling compartment is installed in the rear side of the door such that a supercooling compartment door may be installed in the front side of the door to open and close the supercooling compartment in front of the door.

Abstract: A system and method for driving a drawer of a refrigerator and a refrigerator employing this system is provided. This system and method allows the drawer to substantially immediately and automatically stop when the drawer encounters an obstacle. This type of automatic control of the drawer may enhance the safe operation of the drawer, prevent injuries to users, and prevent overload and subsequent malfunction of a drive motor used to move the drawer.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a refrigerating appliance preferably for cooling of drinks, comprising a cooling section with a freezing unit arranged therein having a freezing section where an ice making device is arranged, said cooling section and/or freezing section being optionally divided into several compartments by means of partition walls, and having an evaporator for creating and supplying cold air into the freezing section and cooling section, where several cooling channels are formed in a body of the refrigerating appliance for distributing cooling air via several discharging slots into each separate compartment.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a refrigerating appliance preferably for cooling of drinks, comprising a cooling section with a freezing unit arranged therein having a freezing section where an ice making device is arranged, said cooling section and/or freezing section being optionally divided into several compartments by means of partition walls, and having an evaporator for creating and supplying cold air into the freezing section and cooling section, where several cooling channels are formed in a body of the refrigerating appliance for distributing cooling air via several discharging slots into each separate compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet, an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet, and an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment. The control system provides for energy efficient control and operation through various means, including by monitoring state of an ice maker associated with the ice compartment and controlling temperature within compartments of the refrigerator based on the ice maker state. The control system can also use correlations in determining appropriate temperatures for different compartments within the refrigerator.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a basket lift device includes a main body having a refrigerating chamber; a basket received in the refrigerating chamber; a driving motor for lifting/lowering the basket; and a control unit for controlling the driving motor based on a motion of a rotational shaft of the driving motor.

Abstract: An icemaker system provided in a refrigerator is designed to reduce an amount of time required to produce ice. The refrigerator includes a refrigeration system including a number of refrigeration components and a refrigeration loop. The refrigeration loop includes an icemaker section that carries a flow of refrigerant to an ice mold portion of the icemaker system and a bypass section that isolates the icemaker system from the flow of refrigerant. A control system automatically activates the icemaker system regardless of a need for cooling. That is, upon sensing a demand for ice, the control system opens a valve to cause refrigerant to flow through the icemaker section and activates the refrigeration components to speed ice production whether or not additional cooling is required in fresh food and/or freezer compartments.

Abstract: A refrigerator having an improved receiving box in contact with a cover. The refrigerator includes a first receiving box, and a cover installed to come into contact with the first receiving box and adapted to be pivotally rotated as the first receiving box is pulled out or pushed in. The first receiving box includes a sidewall having a downwardly-inclined slope with respect to a front of the first receiving box. The cover is pivotally rotated downward by movement of the cover on the downwardly-inclined slope when the first receiving box is pulled out and is pivotally rotated upward when the first receiving box is pushed in. With this configuration, the refrigerator has the effect of allowing a user to easily move food stored in a plurality of receiving spaces from one receiving space to another.

Abstract: Refrigerator including a freezing chamber (1), a refrigerating chamber (2) at a side of the freezing chamber, a barrier (303) between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber, the barrier having a freezing chamber cold air passage (A) formed therein, a partition plate (7) for compartmentalizing a freezing chamber cold air passage in rear of the freezing chamber where an evaporator (104) is positioned, the evaporator provided in a “” form along the freezing chamber cold air passage (A) and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage (B), a partition wall (9) between the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage, and a fan (305) mounted over the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage for discharging cold air flowing through respective cold air passage (10) to the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber respectively, thereby improving a cooling rate of the refrigerating chamber and providing more efficient refrigerat

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerated air supply system (21) for a freezer and/or refrigerator cabinet having at least one cabinet compartment (17) at least partly defined by inner walls (16), an insulation layer at least partly enclosing said cabinet compartment. Said cabinet compartment (17) has an compartment opening facing substantially upwards, which compartment opening connects said cabinet compartment (17) with the space surrounding said cabinet, said cabinet also comprising, a door which in one position covers said compartment opening and substantially encloses said cabinet compartment (17). The cabinet further comprises a machine compartment (23) for storing at least a compressor, at least one of said inner walls (16) having a substantially horizontal shelf plane (52) where at least one off the planes (52) is being positioned vertically above said machine compartment (23).

Abstract: A refrigerator which allows a user to easily open a door of the refrigerator with a small force is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a main body having an upper storage compartment and a lower storage compartment defined on upper and lower sides, a door which slides to open and close any one of the storage compartments, a handle which is disposed at an upper portion of the door to be vertically rotatable, a plurality of push members which move to advanced positions from retreated positions in connection with a vertical rotation of the handle to separate the door from the main body, and an elastic member which is disposed between at least one of the push members and the door to restore the push members to the retreated positions when an external force is removed from the handle.

Abstract: There is provided a temperature switching compartment 3 which can switch the internal temperature thereof between a low temperature side at which a storage material is kept in cold storage and a high temperature side maintained at 50° C., to 80° C. at which cooked food is kept warm, by cooling with a cooler 17 and heating with a heater 15.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, in which cold-storage (1) and freezer rooms (2) are situated at upper and lower parts, respectively, in which ice made at the freezer room (2) of the lower part is dispensed at the cold-storage room (1) of the upper part, and by which a user can pick up the ice without bending over to enhance user's convenience. The present invention includes a body (B) having a cold-storage room (1) provided to an upper part and a freezer room (2) provided to a lower part, an ice maker (400) provided to the freezer room to make ice, an ice bank (600) receiving the ice made by the ice maker, and a transport mechanism sending the ice discharged from the ice bank (600) toward the cold-storage room (1) via an ice transport passage (200a, 300). Therefore, the present invention sufficiently secures the spaces of the cold-storage and freezer rooms to raise spatial efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the operation of a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having two compartments or more than two compartments which each have at least one opening which is closable by a closure element and through which the compartments can be charged with cold air, with at least one temperature sensor being provided for the indirect or direct detection of the respective actual temperature value, wherein a temperature value (closing value) is defined for a plurality of the compartments or for all of the compartments, wherein the compartment with the lowest difference between the actual temperature value and the closing value (temperature difference) is determined, and wherein the closure element of this compartment is closed until its temperature difference is the same as or larger than the temperature difference of a compartment having a larger temperature difference, preferably having the next larger temperature difference.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying and dispensing frozen edible products is provided, comprising a chill cabinet inside which is situated an insulated container equipped with passive cooling means, and which contains one or more frozen edible products. A method for displaying and dispensing frozen edible products from the apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: An air tower is provided for a refrigeration appliance that has a first cooled compartment and a second cooled compartment. The air tower has a diffuser section with a plurality of vent outlets to communicate with the first cooled compartment. A central duct section is defined by walls extending away from the diffuser section. An outlet is located at an end of the central section opposite the diffuser section to communicate with the second cooled compartment. A heat trap compartment is formed along one of the walls defining the central duct section. The heat trap compartment may communicate with a defrost heater.

Abstract: A method for operating a refrigerator includes supplying an evaporator of a second compartment with coolant and flushing the coolant out of the evaporator of the second compartment so that it can be used for an evaporator of a first compartment, closing a coolant circuit to the evaporator of the second compartment, and supplying only the evaporator of the first compartment with coolant.

Abstract: A wine storage cabinet maintains wine bottles in two separate compartments at different temperatures and humidities. Temperature controls for each compartment are installed on the exterior of the cabinet. An interchangeable rack system allows some bottles in a vertical position in one compartment, while other bottles are maintained in a horizontal position in the other compartment.

Abstract: A cool air supply structure of a storage receptacle for a refrigerator, which includes a main body having a storage space provided therein and a door for selectively opening or closing the storage space, the cool air supply structure, comprising: one or more receptacle casings detachably installed into the storage space and having a mounting space provided therein so that a storage receptacle is moved into or out of the mounting space; and a channel provided in each of the receptacle casings so that cool air flows in the channel, wherein food received in the storage receptacle is indirectly cooled by the cool air flowing in the channel. According to the present invention, the food received in the storage receptacle of a refrigerator can be kept fresh with a simple configuration.

Abstract: A freeze type dispenser having a refrigeration system including a compressor, condenser, expansion means and evaporator in the form of one or more freeze chambers in an enclosure is provided with a sub-cooler or auxiliary coil. The sub-cooler is located downstream of the condenser but upstream of the expansion means and is supplied with condensed refrigerant liquid. The sub-cooler is located adjacent the freeze chamber enclosure to prevent or reduce condensation of the same, without adversely affecting, and in fact increasing cooling performance or capacity.

Abstract: This invention disclosed a freezer; and it's control method. The freezer includes the casing and the top board, on which a pad for placing wine cups and bottles and for easy wine pouring is equipped. There is a fast cooling chamber at the ventilation opening of the freezer, and a clapboard to adjust temperature is placed in the freezer, dividing the freezer into two chambers vertically. Air return openings are equipped above and beneath the clapboard. The said fast cooling chamber includes an air outlet pipe. The pipe is fixed on the wall of the freezer, just wrapping the ventilation opening. The said clapboard to adjust temperature includes a board, sealed with tapes at both front and back, making the front part joint the glass door and the back part joint the internal wall of the freezer. At the same time, the air return opening can be open or closed dependent on need to form different temperature control of the fast cooling chamber and the two chambers.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a refrigerated goods container on its back accommodates a vertical partition, which is connected via at least one holder in the vicinity of its upper edge and with the refrigerated goods container. At least one receiving portion is molded in the refrigerated goods container, in which the at least one holder of the partition can be hooked in.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes: an icemaker case on a door; an icemaker door on the icemaker case, the icemaker door being rotatable; a holding part on the icemaker case; and a lever assembly. The lever assembly is coupled to the icemaker door to be rotatable in order to engage or disengage with the holding part.

Abstract: A secondary loop temperature control circuit for a temperature-controlled region in a compartment of a refrigerator is shown. The secondary loop temperature control circuit has a reservoir, configured to have a medium flow there through. A first heat exchanger is in flow communication with the reservoir and is configured to have the medium flow there through. The first heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region.

Abstract: A refrigeration device comprising two refrigerated regions, whose temperature is independently regulated and which are supplied with cold air from a common evaporator chamber. A flap is situated in one branch of a cold air conduit, which connects the refrigerated regions to the evaporator chamber, said flap being pivotable between two positions, each of which seals a respective branch of the conduit. The pivoting displacement of the flap is driven by an eccentric cam.

Abstract: An dispensing system suitable for lifting and dispensing ice through the refrigerator compartment door of a bottom-mount refrigerator or lifting and dispensing ice from an undercounter ice maker to a dispenser on the countertop.

Abstract: A defrost indicator is configured such that the process of freezing and defrosting the defrost indicator places the defrost indicator into a state that is not completely reversed by refreezing, so that one can detect whether the defrost indicator defrosted and refroze or never defrosted by observing its current state. In an embodiment, the defrost indicator is initially placed in a first state before being frozen (e.g., upside down with fluid in an upper chamber). Freezing the defrost indicator places it in a second state (e.g., with the fluid frozen in the upper chamber). Then when the defrost indicator is defrosted, the defrost indicator is placed into a third state that is different than the first state (e.g., right-side-up with liquid fluid in the lower chamber). If the defrost indicator is again frozen, the defrost indicator is placed into a fourth state (e.g., the fluid frozen in the lower chamber).

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for preventing leakage of cooling air in a refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator main body having a storage chamber for storing food therein; a shelf for dividing the storage space and placing food thereon; an inner door for opening/closing an opened front face of the unit storage space divided by the shelf and preventing the leakage of cooling air; and a guide unit guiding a horizontal-linear reciprocating motion of the inner door as it angularly rotates for opening/closing the opened front face of the unit storage space. Accordingly, the leakage of cooling air in other unit storage spaces can be prevented when food is taken out from one of a plurality of unit storage spaces provided in the storage chamber of the refrigerator, thereby minimizing a temperature change in the storage chamber as well as minimizing the loss of cooling air.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a switching compartment to store food items. Various elements are provided to maintain the three compartments at selected target temperatures. A heater and/or a light source may be provided to rapidly heat the switching compartment when the switching compartment is being changed from a freezing operation to a refrigerating operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having at least one refrigeration space and/or freezing space as well as having at least one drawer arranged in the refrigeration space and/or freezing space, with a space being located beneath the drawer in the refrigeration space and/or freezing space, with one or more components of the unit being arranged in the space.

Abstract: A food-zone system for preparing a food product, such as a chilled or at least partially frozen food product, includes at least one chamber assembly including a chamber with an interior configuration that defines a food passage extending therethrough with a cylindrical or tubular shape. The chamber is sealed along at least one end and includes an exterior wall configured as a refrigerated wall that includes an interior adapted to circulate coolant. A scraping tool operatively couples with the chamber and extends into the food passage. The scraping tool is configured such that an outer perimeter of the scraping tool contacts at least a portion of the interior configuration of the chamber. As the scraping tool moves through the food passage, the scraping tool removes or scrapes a food product mix disposed, preferably as a thin layer or coating, along at least a portion of the interior configuration of the chamber when the food product is chilled or at least partially frozen.

Abstract: A refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit has a unit carcass with one inner wall behind which a cooling element of the refrigerator circuit is arranged for the refrigerating of the inner space as well as with a cover plate disposed as a screen in front of the inner wall of the unit carcass in the inner space of the unit carcass. The cover plate is held in the inner space by a releasable fastener and can be removed from the inner space so that the inner space can be used selectively with or without a cover plate.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing food includes one or more food storage chambers, and a cooling device and fan unit located behind the food storage chambers. The apparatus also includes an ice maker, and a fan and associated ducting to convey cool air from the cooling device to the ice maker. The fan for conveying cool air to the ice maker can be a box type fan where the motor of the fan is located within a blade unit of the fan, to thereby save space which would otherwise be occupied by a fan having an external motor. In some embodiments, the fan can be mounted such that the axis of the blade unit is oriented horizontally such that no portion of the fan unit protrudes into the storage space of the food storage chambers.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. The refrigerator includes a convertible storage room capable of performing a refrigerating function and a freezing function selectively or simultaneously, so as to allow a user to conveniently store a variety of food. More particularly, the refrigerator includes a body including a refrigerating storage room and a freezing storage room, a convertible storage room located between the refrigerating storage room and the freezing storage room, to selectively perform one of a freezing function and a refrigerating function, a first evaporator that cools the refrigerating storage room and a second evaporator that cools the freezing storage room and the convertible storage room selectively or simultaneously, and a cold air supply device that selectively supplies the cold air generated from the second evaporator into the freezing storage room and the convertible storage room.

Abstract: A walk-in cooler arranged in accordance with the invention includes a one or more refrigeration sections and a freezing compartment within the refrigeration section. The wall panels defining the freezing compartment are substantially thicker than the wall panels defining the refrigeration section. To accommodate the substantial change in panel thickness, panel conversion members are provided that couple panels having a substantial different in panel thickness, yet maintain a uniform exterior wall appearance. Ceiling conversion panels are also provided to enable a ceiling transition between the refrigeration section and the freezer compartment.

Abstract: A system 10 for storing and processing a plurality of biological or chemical samples at ultra-low temperatures is provided. The system 10 comprises a plurality of ultra-low temperature storage locations 30; an enclosed pathway 35 adjacent the storage locations 30; and a manipulator module 60 disposed within the pathway 35 for conveying vessels 33 along the pathway 35 between the storage locations 30 in the system 10. Each of the storage locations being accessed through an insulated access panel 36 on the side of the storage location 30, the panel 36 being configured to close the storage location 30 from the pathway 35.

Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic appliance that includes a first and a second housing that are juxtaposed and fastened to each other sidewall to sidewall. A hinge hinging one housing to the other housing is fastened to respective edges of the sidewalls of the housings facing each other. A blocking element is fastened to the housings at a distance to the respective edges of the sidewalls and blocks the freedom of motion of the hinge.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a main body cabinet, the main body cabinet including a first storage compartment, a second storage compartment adjacent to the first storage compartment, and an accommodating part disposed in a lower part of the first and second storage compartments, the accommodating part including a component compartment which disposed at at least a part of the lower part of the first storage compartment and having a compressor to compress a refrigerant installed therein, and a free accommodating space to accommodate a thing for storage.