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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Julius B Horvay, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62183 ; 165 32 ; 165105 ;
Abstract
A heat pipe for controlling the temperature of a refrigeration system of a refrigerator is of a general 'U' configuration. A means is provided within the heat pipe to terminate the passage of gas and/or liquid through the heat pipe when the ambient temperature of the second end of the heat pipe is greater than the temperature of the portion of the refrigerator contacting the first end of the heat pipe.