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Refrigerator gasket

The technology of a refrigerator and a gasket, which is applied to household refrigeration devices, coolers, cooling fluid circulation devices, etc., can solve the adverse effects of energy efficiency of refrigerator equipment, undesired heating of refrigerators, and hindering the existing technology of inlet heaters. try and so on

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-08-06
FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES LTD
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This material property further hampers prior art attempts to effectively use sprue heaters in this area
[0018] Furthermore, while sprue heaters do serve to mitigate condensation in this problem area, heating that area of ​​the refrigerator is especially undesirable due to the detrimental effect on the energy efficiency of the refrigerator plant

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[0066] Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with particular reference to FIGS. 7 to 11. FIG.

[0067] Referring to Figure 9, there is shown a portion of a refrigerator door having a gasket 14 on the inner periphery. A gasket tab 9 extends from the door gasket 14 to seal the gap 7 between the box and the top of the mullion bar as generally shown in FIG. 10 . Additional magnetic elements 10 are provided on the inner surface of the lug 9 . Preferably, element 10 is fastened to the tab by a suitable adhesive. Alternatively, element 10 may be integrally formed with said tab.

[0068] With this configuration, when the door 1 is closed (before the second door), the magnetic element 10 is attracted to and contacts the box face 6 and the mullion sealing face 8 . For this reason, preferably, both surfaces 6 and 8 are made of ferromagnetic material (ie the metal box can also be coated, for example). As previously stated, it is important that the ove...

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The present invention relates to an improved gasket for refrigerators of the French door type that include rotating mullions. Improved gaskets reduce condensation around the top and bottom areas of the rotating mullion, and around the gap between the mullion and the box. A gasket on the inner periphery of the door is provided with tabs for sealing the gap. Additional magnetic elements are provided on the tab to improve the sealing action and thermal performance of the tab seal, thereby mitigating the formation of condensation in this critical area.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an improved gasket for refrigerators, and more particularly to an improved gasket for refrigerators of the French door type including moving mullions. Background technique [0002] French door refrigerator is well known in the prior art as a term commonly used to describe a side-by-side double door refrigerator or freezer such as that shown in FIG. 1 . This double door configuration has the advantage of using two doors instead of one to seal or close the front of the refrigerator and / or freezer cabinet. The use of two doors makes each door approximately half the size and weight compared to a single door spanning the entire width of the equipment cabinet. This allows adequate access to the refrigerator / freezer compartment without having oversized doors that sweep a large distance across the user's galley space when pivoted open. Typically, this configuration is used for side-by-side refrigerators. It will be appreciat...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): F25D11/00F25D23/02
CPCF25D21/04F25D23/028F25D23/087F25D2323/021F25D2400/06
Inventor A·朗克里A·萨金特S·阿尔布雷克特
Owner FISHER & PAYKEL APPLIANCES LTD