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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1984
Arthur C Wilson, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
Compartment partition assembly and method for a refrigerator cabinet of the type having an outer shell, an inner liner with a rear wall and side walls and a partition separating the freezer and fresh food compartments. There is provided a channel having a bottom and upper and lower side walls formed on each of the side walls of the refrigerator liner. An insulating member is formed having a top, bottom, side, front and rear walls, the bottom wall of which overlies a plate defining a surface of the fresh food compartment. The top wall of the insulating member is formed to provide a drain and sealing system having troughs with exterior walls along the periphery of the top wall adjacent the side and rear walls of the insulating member and deflected inwardly by the rear wall of the liner and the upper side walls of the liner channels. This compartment partition assembly prevents any gaps or thermal leakage and provides a drain system for defrosting the freezer compartment.