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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Volker Friedmann, Biberach, DE;
Christian Schropp, Sontheim, DE;
Inventors:
Volker Friedmann, Biberach, DE;
Christian Schropp, Sontheim, DE;
Assignee:
Liebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH, Ochsenhausen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cooling and/or freezing device, in particular a refrigerator, upright freezer or chest freezer, includes an evaporator for cooling air, a blower for supplying the cooled air into the interior of the cooling and/or freezing device, and a first heater for de-icing the evaporator. The device also includes, a second heater, arranged such that during operation of the second heater, the temperature of the blower surface lies above the dew point of the air present in the vicinity of the blower, at least in certain regions.