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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Paolo Cittadini, Luvinate-Varese, IT;
Adriano Merla, Angera-Varese, IT;
Paolo Cittadini, Luvinate-Varese, IT;
Adriano Merla, Angera-Varese, IT;
Industrie Ilpea S.p.A., Malgesso-Varese, IT;
Abstract
A sealing assembly for a refrigerator which comprises a bellows-seal gasket and a profile as a single piece or as multiple pieces where the profile has a base having at opposite ends, sealing strips and has a groove for replacement of the bellows-seal gasket. The profile is provided with a side branch that terminates in a grooved seat having a C-shaped cross-section for receiving an edge of an inner door panel and having a sealing strip that is provided at the end of the grooved seat. The inner door panel is bent to ensure optimal contact with the sealing strip of the side branch.