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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Luiz Antonio Diemer Lopes, Joinville, BR;
Multibras S.A. Electrodomesticos, Sao Paulo, BR;
Abstract
A vacuum-breaking valve for refrigeration appliances, comprising: a tubular body ( ) made of a thermally conductive material and mounted through one of the walls of a cabinet (G) of the refrigeration appliance; a valve seat ( ) mounted to the tubular body ( ); a sealing means ( ) constantly biased towards a closed position, in which it is seated on said valve seat ( ), and movable towards an open position when the pressure inside cabinet (G) is lower than the pressure outside said cabinet (G); and a heat collector ( ) provided with a thermal radiation collecting surface ( ) mounted to the tubular body ( ) and facing a heat source external to cabinet (G).