Refrigerator with Liner Embossment

Abstract

A refrigerator includes a compartment defined by a liner, with a door configured to provide access into the compartment. A sub-compartment is mounted in the door and extends into the compartment in the closed position of the door. A cold plate assembly is operably configured within the liner to supply cold air to the sub-compartment. A raised embossment is defined in a compartment side wall of the liner at a location opposite from the cold plate assembly. The embossment is defined by a circumferentially extending ridge and a front face that extends into the compartment in a plane that is spaced from a plane of the compartment side wall. A receiver is configured in a wall of the sub-compartment and seals around the embossment in a closed position of the door.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present subject matter relates generally to refrigerators, and more particularly to a refrigerator with a sub-compartment in the fresh food section.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Generally, a refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment, which are partitioned from each other to store various foods at appropriate low temperatures.[0003]It is now common practice to provide an automatic icemaker with a refrigerator. In a “side-by-side” type refrigerator where the freezer compartment is arranged to the side of the fresh food compartment, the icemaker is usually disposed in the freezer compartment and utilizes the cold air in the freezer compartment, which includes an evaporator disposed in the freezer compartment.[0004]In a “bottom freezer” type refrigerator where the freezer compartment is arranged below or beneath a top mounted fresh food compartment, convenience necessitates that the icemaker is disposed in a thermally ins...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]In an exemplary embodiment, a refrigerator is provided with a compartment defined by a liner, for example a fresh food compartment defined by a fresh food liner. A door is configured with the compartment to provide access into the compartment and to seal the compartment in the closed position of the door. A sub-compartment is mounted in the door. This sub-compartment may, in one particular embodiment, include an icemaker and an ice storage bin. A cold plate assembly is operably configured within the comp

Problems solved by technology

The formation of visible frost on the cover and underlying cold plate components is also problematic.

In addition, the gasket that seals the sub-compartment to the liner cutout is exposed to the very cold temperatures of the cold plate and is prone to freezing onto the liner.

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