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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Tushar Kulkarni, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Lorraine J Westlake, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An appliance having a storage tank disposed on its back surface wherein the storage tank comprises a front cover and a back cover that matingly engages the front cover to form a liquid tight seal with the front cover. The storage tank further includes a phase-changing material disposed within the storage tank and a heat exchanger containing refrigerant tubing which transfers heat from the phase-changing solution to the refrigerant tubing. The storage tank, when fully charged with cooling capacity, maintains the food storage compartment at a temperature of 45° F. or less for at least 8 hours without activating a compressor.