TEMPERATURE REGULATING FEATURES FOR A REFRIGERATOR ICEBOX

Abstract: a refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber and a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, the door at least partially defining an icebox and comprising an outer door panel and an inner door panel spaced apart along the transverse direction to define a door gap that is filled with insulation, wherein a nominal door gap thickness is defined away from the icebox and an icebox door gap thickness is defined adjacent the icebox, the icebox door gap thickness being less than the nominal door gap thickness. an insulated cover is mounted to the door to at least partially define and thermally isolate the icebox from the chilled chamber.

Inventor(s): Alan Joseph Mitchell, Choonjae Ryu

CPC Classification: F25D23/04 (REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases ; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use ; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes - ; containers with thermal insulation in general ; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion ; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases ; air-conditioning or air-humidification ; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems ; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration ))

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