Whirlpool Corporation

Giorgio Giudici

David B Kirby

Luigi Martinella

Giuseppina Arresta

Fiorenzo Casoli

Luigi Sessa

Beat D Stocker

Matteo Reni

Andrea Ansaldo

Armando Pelizzari

David Kirby

Beat Stocker

A domestic refrigerator comprises a cavity (c) with side walls () provided with removable opposing supporting elements () and having guides () capable of co-operating with lateral sliders () for shelves () in order to permit the latter to be positioned at different heights. Said shelves () comprise two planar portions () articulated with one another, a first portion (), which is more extensive in the manner of a leaf, co-operating with the guides (-) with the aim of being able to assume two stable positions at different heights, a second portion () in the manner of a bracket co-operating rotatably with seats for said supporting elements so as to be able to assume a first configuration substantially coplanar with the leaf and a second configuration angled relative to the latter.

Domestic refrigerator provided with shelves

A vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet comprises an evacuation system for evacuating an insulation space of the cabinet when pressure inside such space is higher than a predetermined value. The cabinet presents sensor means comprising a temperature sensor and a heater both located within the insulation space and a control system for activating the heater according to a predetermined heating cycle and for receiving a signal from the temperature sensor, such control system being able to provide the evacuation system with a signal related to the insulation level within the insulation space.

Vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet and method for assessing thermal conductivity thereof

A vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet comprises an evacuation system for evacuating an insulation space of the cabinet when pressure inside such space is higher than a predetermined value. It comprises a sensor device having an insulation reference element located on one side of said insulation space and temperature sensors for assessing the differences of temperature across the insulation space) and across the insulation reference element, such sensor device being suitable for providing the evacuation system with a signal related to the ratio of the above differences of temperature.

A vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet comprises a substantially gas-tight container that is filled with a porous core and a gas absorber that communicates with said container and is filled with a gas adsorbent material. Between the container and the gas absorber there is provided a valve adapted to close the communication between the container and the gas absorber, and a heater is provided for heating the gas absorber in order to evacuate gases when the valve is closed.

Vacuum insulated refrigerator cabinet and method for evacuating the gas-tight insulated wall thereof

A method for varying the volumn of a refrigerator cabinet into two different configurations, by providing each of the two configurations with a substantially equal static cabinet, two deep doors of unequal height outwardly closing two end compartments and an intermediate compartment, and a frontal divider selectively fixable to the static cabinet in two different positions, on the basis of which a different selected end, compartment is increased in volume by its connection to the deep door of greater height.

Method for producing multi-compartment refrigerators

A moulded copolymer door for built-in household electrical appliances to which a panel is to be adjustably connected to the door. The panel is configured to be adjusted in height, laterally and in depth. Adjustable mounting brackets are mounted on the door adjacent to undercuts on the vertical sides of said door and are accessible from a face of the door opposite of the panel through which the undercuts of the panel may be secured to the adjustable mounting brackets.

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Lonate Pozzolo, Italy

Giorgio Giudici