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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Patrick J. Boarman, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 21/12 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01); F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 21/12 (2013.01); F25B 27/00 (2013.01); F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator is provided that includes a low energy refrigerator heat source. The refrigerator includes a heat source positioned at a source of latent heat. The heat source harvested heat from the source of latent heat and stores said heat in a fluid within that heat reservoir or heat exchanger. The warmed fluid is then supplied via a fluid pathway to an application requiring a heat output. Thus, the heat reservoir provides heat to the application without use of an energy-consuming device, which reduces the energy consumption of the refrigerator.