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Patent No.:

US 10663217 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2017

Vacuum insulated structure tubular cabinet construction

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Steven J. Kuehl, Stevensville, MI (US);

Axel Julio Ramm, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

James W. Kendall, Mount Prospect, IL (US);

Nihat Cur, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Paul B. Allard, Stevensville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher J Besler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25B 39/00 (2006.01); B29C 53/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01); F25C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/065 (2013.01); B23P 15/26 (2013.01); B29C 53/00 (2013.01); F25B 39/00 (2013.01); F25B 39/02 (2013.01); F25C 1/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/062 (2013.01); F25D 23/063 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); F25D 2201/14 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49359 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49616 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49879 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1051 (2015.01); Y10T 428/231 (2015.01);
Abstract

A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet structure having side walls that are formed from a tube that has been folded/deformed into a structure having an 'O' shape with vertically enlarged front and rear openings. The interior of the tube may be filled with silica powder or other filler, and a vacuum is formed within the tube. An insulated rear panel may be utilized to close off the rear opening of the vacuum insulated cabinet structure.

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