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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edwin H Frohbieter, Lincoln Township, Berrien County, MI (US);
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62382 ; 62408 ;
Abstract
A refrigerator is provided which has a compartment to be chilled below the temperature of the remainder of the main refrigerator compartment and which has an openable container therein. The container is provided with apertures therethrough near the front wall such that a stream of temperature conditioned air is caused to flow around the outer surface of the container within the compartment and to flow through the interior of the container, particularly across the inside surface of the front wall, to provide a minimal temperature gradient within the container.