Refrigerator with no-frost freezer

US20140174100A1Inactive Publication Date: 2014-06-26WHIRLPOOL CORP
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
WHIRLPOOL CORP
Publication Date
2014-06-26
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A refrigeration appliance comprises a freezer compartment in which air cooled by an evaporator is circulated by a fan and a thermoelectric device having a hot side in heat exchange relationship with the evaporator or with the freezer compartment and a cold side in heat exchange relationship with air within at least a portion of the freezer compartment in order to reduce temperature oscillations in the freezer compartment or in said portion thereof during evaporator defrost cycle.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

[0001] This application claims priority to EP 12198390.2, filed on Dec. 20, 2012, entitled “Refrigerator with no-frost freezer,” the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0002] The present invention relates to a refrigeration appliance comprising a freezer compartment in which air cooled by an evaporator is circulated by a fan. These refrigeration appliances, known also as no-frost refrigerators, may have the evaporator within the freezer compartment itself or in a different “ad-hoc” compartment.

[0003] It is well known in the art of freezers the problems related to defects of frozen food items. In particular, when spoiling caused by freezing occurs, food surface is characterized by opaque dehydrated areas or spots which show a decrease of original color. Moreover such changes in food appearance are linked to the presence of frost formation on food surface or internal food packagi...

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