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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Pune, IN;
Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US);
Sanket V. Phalak, Pune, IN;
Rahul S. Chhajed, Pune, IN;
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a main body and a supporting structure disposed below the main body upon which the refrigerator is supported on a floor. A pair of guide rails is affixed to a bottom wall of the main body along a pair of opposed lateral sides of the main body and extend between a rear wall and a front side of the main body. A portion of a heat loop tube for a refrigeration system extends externally out of the internal storage compartment and is disposed below the main body and within a cavity. A toe kick is disposed proximate a bottom edge of the front side of the main body and proximate the floor for containing the portion of the heat loop tube within the cavity and isolating the portion of the heat loop tube from an exterior of the refrigerator.