General Electric Company

Norbert P Haag

Dwight William Jacobus

Gary Lester Chastine

William D Irish

John Joseph Domagala

A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an upper compartment to be refrigerated and a lower machinery compartment. First and second elongated support members extend across the front and back of the machinery compartment respectively. A condenser is supported from the first support member and extends rearwardly in the machinery compartment. A support frame is supported from the second support member and extends forwardly in the machinery compartment in partial overlapping relationship with the condenser. The overlapping portions of the condenser and frame are structurally connected. A compressor is mounted on the frame. A condensate collection container is supported from the rear support member and extends forwardly in the machinery compartment in partial overlapping relationship with the condenser. The overlapping portions of the condenser and container are structurally connected. A blower mechanism, including a shroud, is positioned in the machinery compartment with the shroud received in slots in the container and structurally connected to the cabinet.

High side refrigeration system mounting arrangement

This invention relates to a refrigerator and more particularly to providing a unitary high-side refrigeration system component unit which can be adapted for mounting in machinery compartments of different designs. Essentially, the unitary high-side refrigeration component unit is designed so that selected high-side components forming refrigeration systems of varying capacities may be assembled as a part of the unit or interchanged to be accommodated in machine compartments of different designs.

High-side refrigeration system assembly adapted to be mounted in a

A method for making a joint between a small diameter metal tube and a large diameter metal tube by coating the outside of the small diameter tube with an adhesive and inserting it through a hollow cylindrical sleeve made of metal having the same or greater thermal coefficient of expansion as a small diameter tube such that it extends beyond the ends of the hollow sleeve. An area of the hollow sleeve is deformed circumferentially to displace the adhesive in the deformed area and make metal-to-metal contact between the sleeve and the small diameter tube. A portion of the sleeve is coated with adhesive and one of the sleeve or large diameter tube is positioned around the other with said one having a thermal coefficient of expansion the same or greater than the other and then deforming an area of said one of the sleeve or large diameter tube circumferentially to displace the adhesive in the deformed area and make metal-to-metal contact between the large diameter tube and the sleeve.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Norbert P Haag