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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Martin Mitchell Zentner, Prospect, KY (US);
Timothy Allen Hamel, Louisville, KY (US);
Toby Whitaker, Loveland, CO (US);
Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich, Louisville, KY (US);
Martin Mitchell Zentner, Prospect, KY (US);
Timothy Allen Hamel, Louisville, KY (US);
Toby Whitaker, Loveland, CO (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A temperature controlled surface in a refrigerator that includes a heat exchanger configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to be cooled in thermal communication with a freezer compartment of the refrigerator. A second heat exchanger disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to cool the temperature controlled surface. A pump configured to flow the cooling medium through the first and second heat exchangers. A first heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the storage tank and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to be cooled. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and is configured to have the cooling medium flow therethrough to cool the air and any contents within the temperature controlled compartment.