Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited

Carl Lee Bickel

Ian Campbell McGill

Richard Wong

Yunchao Hou

Kenneth William Foster

Ian Campbell Mcgill

A refrigeration cabinet assembly for a refrigeration appliance () comprises a cabinet () having five closed faces and an open front face providing access to an interior of the cabinet. A lateral stiffening arrangement () is provided within the cabinet to resist bending or bowing of the side walls, particularly when the cabinet includes upper and lower compartments, the upper compartment having a door hinged to the cabinet. The lateral stiffening arrangement reduces door droop. A torsionally stiff structure may also be fixed to one of the five closed faces () or a structure () could be added to one of the five closed faces () so that together with that closed face a torsionally stiff structure results. The torsional stiffness of the assembly is thereby increased beyond that of the cabinet alone so that the insulated cabinet has an improved ability to resist twisting, further reducing door droop.

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Auckland, New Zealand

Carl Lee Bickel