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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Murilo P. Almeida, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Bruno Boehringer, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Darci Cavali, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Taylor Clark, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Marcos Heinzle, Joinville, BR;
Benjamin Jimenez, Burns Harbor, IN (US);
Dakota Kosek, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Mahalingappa Mulimani, Chennai, IN;
Omid Madani, Orlando, FL (US);
Navya Mastanaiah, Chennai, IN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment and a mullion adjacent the fresh food compartment. The refrigerator further includes an evaporator compartment defining an exterior and an interior and containing an evaporator. The refrigerator also includes a duct in fluid communication with the evaporator compartment at a first end thereof and in communication with a second end adjacent an opening of the fresh food compartment. The duct has a first portion thereof that extends downwardly from the first end and a second portion extending through the mullion.