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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Eugen Schmid, Biberach-Mettenberg, DE;
Eugen Schmid, Biberach-Mettenberg, DE;
Liebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH, Ochsenhausen, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for the operation of a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having two compartments or more than two compartments which each have at least one opening which is closable by a closure element and through which the compartments can be charged with cold air, with at least one temperature sensor being provided for the indirect or direct detection of the respective actual temperature value, wherein a temperature value (closing value) is defined for a plurality of the compartments or for all of the compartments, wherein the compartment with the lowest difference between the actual temperature value and the closing value (temperature difference) is determined, and wherein the closure element of this compartment is closed until its temperature difference is the same as or larger than the temperature difference of a compartment having a larger temperature difference, preferably having the next larger temperature difference.