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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Pune, IN;
Narendra Ashok Kapure, Pune, IN;
Jackson Felipe Karl, Stevensville, MI (US);
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
Abinash Sarma, Tinsukia, IN;
Subrata Shannigrahi, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet, a door coupled to the cabinet, at least one gasket coupled to the door, and a heat loop conduit. The cabinet includes a front perimeter that surrounds an opening to a storage compartment within the cabinet. The door is operable between an open position to provide access to the storage compartment and a closed position to conceal the opening to the storage compartment. The at least one gasket is configured to be compressed between the door and the front perimeter of the cabinet in the closed position of the door. The heat loop conduit has a first conduit portion that extends around a majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet and a second conduit portion that extends around the majority of the opening along the front perimeter of the cabinet.