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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2023
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Anup Bapu More, Pimpri-Chinchwad, IN;
Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Stevensville, MI (US);
Digeshwar Hemraj Harinkhede, Nagpur, IN;
Vishal Brahmanand Chauhan, Palghar, IN;
Kapil Devidas Bet, Solapur, IN;
Abinash Sarma, Tinsukia, IN;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigeration appliance includes: (i) a vacuum-insulated structure defining a refrigerable compartment, the vacuum-insulated structure comprising a pass-through therethrough providing access from an external environment to the refrigerable compartment; (ii) an evaporator disposed within the refrigerable compartment, the evaporator configured to lower or maintain a temperature of the refrigerable compartment below ambient temperature; (iii) a refrigerant line that extends through the pass-through and into the refrigerable compartment, the refrigerant line in fluid communication with the evaporator; (iv) a water line extending through the pass-through and into the refrigerable compartment; and (v) a housing that at least partially houses the evaporator within the refrigerable compartment, the housing comprising a wall proximate the pass-through that separates the water line from the refrigerant line where the water line and the refrigerant line extend from the pass-through and into the refrigerable compartment.