Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Urban Wahlby

Daniel L Johansson

Richard Furberg

Ilan Cohen

Claudio Cenedese

Omero Tuzzi

Susanne Hedblom

A refrigerator () includes a storage chamber () for produce storage and a produce ripening control system (). The produce ripening control system () includes an ethylene absorber () adapted to operate in absorption mode in a first status and in desorption mode in a second status. A recirculation circuit () is configured to fluidly connect the absorber () with the storage chamber () and to draw air from the storage chamber (), to flow the drawn air through the absorber () and to return it into the storage chamber (). A control unit () configured to selectively operate the absorber either in the absorption mode for ethylene absorption or in the desorption mode for ethylene desorption.

Domestic/professional refrigerator

The invention relates to a beverage cooler having an in-line operating cooling unit for instant cooling of beverage flowing through the same, comprising a cooling container () having an inlet () and an outlet (), for feeding the beverage to and from the cooling container, respectively, and a cooling tube () located inside the cooling container. The cooling container () is adapted to be located in an ambient temperature which is above the freezing point for the beverage, wherein the cooling tube () is adapted to carry a cooling fluid having a temperature below the freezing point of the beverage and is located such that the beverage can pass between the cooling tube and an outer wall of the cooling container (). Hence, the beverage will pass by the cooling tube and be cooled from it and freeze to solid phase in the area closest to the cooling tube, whereas the outside of the cooling container, having a temperature above the freezing point of the beverage, will ensure a free passage of non-frozen beverage closest to the outside wall of the cooling container.

Beverage cooler, a refrigerator comprising such a beverage cooler and a method for cooling beverage

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