公开(公告)号：US5975661A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-02

申请号：US192245

申请日：1998-11-16

申请人： Les Jeziorowski ,  Nedo Banicevic ,  Arnold Estravillo ,  Edward George Simmons

发明人： Les Jeziorowski ,  Nedo Banicevic ,  Arnold Estravillo ,  Edward George Simmons

IPC分类号： F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/08 ,  A47B96/00

CPC分类号： F25D23/087 ,  F25D2323/021

摘要： A refrigerator has French doors with vertically extending confronting side walls. At least one of the confronting side walls has a movable sealing gasketing member adapted to sealingly engage the other confronting side wall when the doors are in a closed position. The doors move between an open position and into the closed position through a temporary intermediate partially closed position. In the partially closed position the doors extend over the refrigerator compartment with temporary non-sealing vertically extending portions of the confronting side walls of the doors spaced apart from one another a predetermined gap distance. A first set of magnets are positioned in the doors at least along the temporary non-sealing vertically extending portions of the confronting side walls. The first magnets have a magnetic field attraction strength insufficient to move the gasketing member across the predetermined gap distance and sufficient to seal the gasketing member to the other confronting side wall when the predetermined gap distance is reduced. A second set of magnets have a magnetic field strength greater than the first magnets. The second magnets are positioned in at least one location along each of the confronting side walls to trigger local movement of the gasketing member towards the other confronting side wall locally reducing the predetermined gap. This triggers the first magnets to move the gasket along the vertically extending portions into sealing engagement with the other side wall. In the preferred embodiment the second magnets are located as a continuation of and in alignment with the first magnets. Swiping of the confronting side walls of the doors is limited at the second magnets.

摘要翻译： 冰箱有法式门，垂直延伸面对的侧壁。 相对的侧壁中的至少一个具有可移动的密封垫圈构件，当门处于关闭位置时适于密封地接合另一个相对的侧壁。 门通过临时中间部分关闭位置在打开位置和关闭位置之间移动。 在部分关闭的位置，门在冷藏室上延伸，门的相对侧壁的临时非密封垂直延伸部分彼此隔开预定的间隙距离。 至少沿相对侧壁的临时非密封垂直延伸部分，第一组磁体定位在门中。 第一磁体具有不足以将衬垫部件移动超过预定间隙距离的磁场吸引强度，并且当预定间隙距离减小时足以将衬垫部件密封到另一个相对侧壁。 第二组磁体具有大于第一磁体的磁场强度。 第二磁体定位在沿着每个相对侧壁的至少一个位置，以触发垫圈构件朝向另一个相对侧壁的局部移动，从而局部地减小预定间隙。 这使得第一磁体沿着垂直延伸部分移动垫圈，使其与另一个侧壁密封接合。 在优选实施例中，第二磁体被定位为与第一磁体的连续并与第一磁体对准。 门的面对侧壁的滑动限于第二磁体。

公开(公告)号：US5638694A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-17

申请号：US679950

申请日：1996-07-15

申请人： Nedo Banicevic

发明人： Nedo Banicevic

IPC分类号： F25D21/04 ,  F25B47/00

CPC分类号： F25D21/04 ,  F25D2400/04

摘要： This invention relates to an improvement in the operation of a domestic refrigerator. The improvement comprises the addition of a mullion heater to heat an exterior surface by the passage of warm refrigerant through a tube mounted on the interior surface opposing the exterior surface. The tube is embedded in a malleable mastic substance of substantial thermal mass which is capable of maintaining the temperature of the exterior surface above the dew point of the surrounding air during periods when no warm refrigerant is passing through the tube.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及家用冰箱操作的改进。 改进之处在于，通过加热竖井加热器，通过暖式制冷剂通过安装在与外表面相对的内表面上的管道来加热外表面。 该管嵌入一种具有实质热量的可延展的乳香物质，其能够在没有暖制冷剂通过管的时段期间将外表面的温度保持在周围空气的露点之上。

公开(公告)号：US06736472B2

公开(公告)日：2004-05-18

申请号：US10175274

申请日：2002-06-20

申请人： Nedo Banicevic

发明人： Nedo Banicevic

IPC分类号： A47B9604

CPC分类号： F25D23/068 ,  F25D23/006

摘要： There is disclosed a support tube for use in supporting a refrigerant tube within the insulation of a refrigerator cabinet. The support tube is mounted at it's lower end by a shoulder to extend through an exit opening in the bottom wall of the shell from the compressor motor housing up through a cavity space between the rear walls of the inner liner and the outer cabinet shell and into an insulation block. The insulation block has a passageway that faces downwardly, vertically into the cavity and curves gently to a refrigerant suction tube access opening in the inner liner. This opening and a corresponding opening in the tube have an elliptical shape which together with the gentle curvature of the tube permits for the easy insertion of the refrigerant tube in through the liner access opening, through the tube, and into the compressor motor. The use of the tube permits for field servicing of the refrigerant tube, positively locates the refrigerant tube in the rear cavity thereby reducing the risk of sweating associated with the refrigerant tube being shifted close to the rear walls during foaming and eliminates an unsightly and spatial encumbering refrigerant tube protruding beyond the rear wall of the outer shell of the refrigerator cabinet.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在制冷机柜的绝缘体内支撑制冷剂管的支撑管。 支撑管在其下端被肩部安装，以通过壳体的底壁中的出口从压缩机马达壳体向上延伸穿过内衬的后壁和外壳壳体之间的空腔，并且进入 绝缘块。 绝缘块具有向下垂直进入空腔并且缓慢地弯曲到内衬中的制冷剂吸入管进入开口的通道。 管中的该开口和相应的开口具有椭圆形状，其与管的平缓曲率一起允许容易地通过衬管进入开口插入制冷剂管，通过管并进入压缩机电动机。 使用管允许制冷剂管的现场维修，将制冷剂管积极地定位在后腔中，从而减少与发泡期间制冷剂管在靠近后壁移动相关联的出汗的风险，并消除了难看的和空间上的障碍 制冷剂管突出超出冰柜外壳的后壁。

公开(公告)号：US06209265B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-03

申请号：US09409229

申请日：1999-09-30

申请人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Arnold Estravillo ,  Murray Klaas

发明人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Arnold Estravillo ,  Murray Klaas

IPC分类号： E06B300

CPC分类号： F25D23/02 ,  E05Y2900/31 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D2201/126 ,  F25D2323/024

摘要： The present invention relates to a door for a refrigerator appliance having reinforcing corner brackets that structurally complete the corners of the door. The corner brackets are located at the door corners of the vertical and horizontal side walls of the outer door skin. The brackets structurally replace and reinforce the horizontal side wall immediately adjacent the vertical side wall with a thicker, stronger material, such as, metal or steel, so that loading normally transferred to the outer door skin through the horizontal side wall at this corner location is instead transferred directly to the brackets mounted in the door. The horizontal side wall at the corner adjacent the vertical side wall has a cut-out or an open section. The brackets each have an opening positioned at the cut-out section. The opening is adapted to receive a hinge pin or closure cap. The door has an elongate supporting strut in the form of a hollow cylindrical tube engaging the brackets to reinforce the corners. The strut extends adjacent the one vertical side wall for supporting the corner brackets within the door to reinforce the door. Reinforcement brackets and tubes are located on each side of the door.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种具有在结构上完成门的拐角的加强角托架的用于冰箱的门。 角支架位于外门皮肤的垂直和水平侧壁的门角处。 托架结构上用较厚的较强的材料（例如金属或钢）替代和加固紧邻垂直侧壁的水平侧壁，从而通过在该拐角处的水平侧壁正常转移到外门皮肤的加载是 而是直接转到安装在门上的支架上。 与垂直侧壁相邻的角落处的水平侧壁具有切口或开口部分。 托架各具有位于切口部分处的开口。 开口适于接收铰链销或闭合盖。 门具有细长的支撑支柱，其形式为与支架接合的中空圆柱形管，以加强拐角。 支柱相邻于一个垂直侧壁延伸，用于支撑门内的角支架以加强门。 加强支架和管子位于门的每一侧。

公开(公告)号：US06199400B1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-13

申请号：US09484239

申请日：2000-01-18

申请人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Muc Dang

发明人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Muc Dang

IPC分类号： F25D1704

CPC分类号： F25D17/045 ,  F25D17/065 ,  F25D27/005 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2400/04 ,  F25D2700/12

摘要： A refrigerator damper control and lighting assembly is mounted to a top wall of a fresh food compartment. The housing includes dials which are accessible from the front of the housing to a user to control thermostat and to control a damper located on a rear wall of the refrigerator. The dial controlling the damper has a post onto which a connecting arm to the damper interconnects the damper with the dial so that rotation of the dial effectively operates the control of the damper. The dial has a peripheral flange that extends around only a portion of the circumference of the dial and is adapted to contact opposing sides of the connecting arm to thereby limit rotational movement of the dial and which in-turn limits opening and closing movement of the damper depending on direction of rotational movement of the dial. Further, the housing includes a recessed lamp receiving section which is provided with direct line of sight to the dials so as to allow for light to be directed rearwardly or towards the front of the housing to illuminate the dials while at the same time projecting light into the fresh food compartment.

摘要翻译： 冰箱阻尼器控制和照明组件安装在新鲜食物隔间的顶壁上。 壳体包括可从壳体的前部接近用户以控制恒温器并控制位于冰箱后壁上的阻尼器的表盘。 控制阻尼器的表盘具有一个柱，其上与阻尼器相连的连接臂将阻尼器与表盘相互连接，使得表盘的旋转有效地操作阻尼器的控制。 表盘具有仅围绕表盘的圆周的一部分延伸的周边凸缘，并且适于接触连接臂的相对侧，从而限制表盘的旋转运动，并且这又限制了阻尼器的打开和关闭运动 取决于表盘旋转运动的方向。 此外，壳体包括凹入的灯接收部分，其向表盘设置直接视线，以便允许光向后指向或朝向壳体的前部照亮表盘，同时将光投射到 新鲜的食物室。

公开(公告)号：US6138432A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-31

申请号：US199785

申请日：1998-11-25

申请人： Nedo Banicevic

发明人： Nedo Banicevic

IPC分类号： F25D23/02 ,  F25D11/00

CPC分类号： F25D23/02 ,  F25D2201/126

摘要： A refrigerator door for use in a refrigerator appliance has an outer door panel, an inner door liner, a metal reinforcing collar and a paper sheet. The collar has a generally rectangular frame that extends over a peripheral border of a central portion of the door liner. The collar also includes sidewall flanges which extend rearwardly from the frame around a corner at the peripheral border of the central liner portion and over an inner wall of a dyke sidewall of the liner. The collar provides localized support for shelves carried by the door liner and improves door rigidity. The sheet of paper extends across an opening in the middle of the frame of the collar to further improve door rigidity.

摘要翻译： 用于冰箱设备的冰箱门具有外门板，内门衬套，金属加强套环和纸张。 套环具有在门衬套的中心部分的周边边界上延伸的大致矩形框架。 套环还包括侧壁凸缘，该侧壁凸缘从框架向后延伸，围绕中心衬套部分的周边边缘处的角部并且在衬套的堤坝侧壁的内壁上方延伸。 轴环为门板提供的货架提供了局部支撑，提高了门的刚性。 该纸张延伸穿过轴环框架中间的开口，以进一步提高门的刚性。

公开(公告)号：US6036294A

公开(公告)日：2000-03-14

申请号：US24194

申请日：1998-02-17

申请人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Murray Klaas

发明人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Murray Klaas

IPC分类号： F25D21/04 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/08 ,  A47B96/04

CPC分类号： F25D23/082 ,  F25D23/069 ,  F25D21/04 ,  F25D23/064 ,  F25D2400/04 ,  F25D2400/06

摘要： A refrigerator cabinet has an outer metallic shell into which is inserted a one-piece plastic interior liner having a fresh food compartment separated by a mullion wall from the freezer compartment. The mullion wall is part of the interior liner. A metallic reinforcing mullion strap extends between side walls of the exterior cabinet shell to reinforce the side walls and prevent buckling. The mullion strap extends through an open space between the fresh food compartment and freezer compartment on the interior liner. The mullion strap does not touch the interior liner and is surrounded by thermally insulating foam whereby heat loss through the mullion strap from the refrigerator compartment is reduced. Further, the mullion wall of the interior liner is covered by a plastic mullion cap which protects the mullion wall of the interior liner from stresses associated with door closure and includes a decorative mullion cover in which a heater is provided to compensate for sweating associate with heat loss through the mullion cap to ambient. By using a plastic mullion cap, heat loss is significantly less than using a metal mullion bar directly exposed to ambient.

摘要翻译： 冰柜具有外部金属外壳，插入一体式塑料内衬，其具有由冷冻室隔开的竖框壁分隔的新鲜食物室。 竖框墙是内衬的一部分。 金属加强竖框在外壳体的外壳的侧壁之间延伸，以加强侧壁并防止弯曲。 竖框带延伸穿过内衬上的新鲜食物隔间和冷冻室之间的开放空间。 竖框带不接触内衬并被绝热泡沫包围，从而减少了通过冷藏室的竖框的热损失。 此外，内衬的竖框壁由塑料竖框帽覆盖，该保护帽保护内衬的竖框壁免受与门关闭有关的应力，并且包括装饰竖框盖，其中提供加热器以补偿与热量相关的出汗 通过竖框帽到环境的损失。 通过使用塑料竖框帽，热损失显着小于使用直接暴露于环境的金属竖框。

公开(公告)号：US5975664A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-02

申请号：US170006

申请日：1998-10-13

申请人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Les A. Jeziorowski

发明人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Les A. Jeziorowski

IPC分类号： F25D23/02 ,  E05C19/16 ,  F25D23/08 ,  A47B96/00

CPC分类号： F25D23/087 ,  E05C19/161 ,  F25D2323/021

摘要： A refrigerator cabinet has a food storage compartment bounded by front facing vertical and horizontal walls. A pair of French doors are pivotally mounted to the refrigerator cabinet to close the open front of the refrigerator. In the closed position the doors have vertically extending confronting walls which include an intermediate sealing gasket extending along a major vertical portion of the confronting walls which are adapted to sealingly engage against each other to form a vertically extending seal. Upper and lower corner sealing gasket members are respectively positioned above and below the intermediate sealing gasket members and adjacent a corresponding horizontal wall of the cabinet. Each of the corner sealing gasket members has a first sealing surface adjacent the intermediate sealing gasket member to complete the vertical seal between the confronting walls of the doors when the doors are in a closed position. The corner sealing gaskets further include a second sealing surface generally orthogonal to the first sealing surface. The second sealing surface in an open position has one vertically extending outwardly protruding ridge contracting the second sealing surface to withdraw the first sealing surface back from its vertical sealing position. The ridge engages one of the horizontal walls as the door closes so as to flatten the second sealing surface into sealing engagement with this horizontal wall and to advance the first sealing surface towards the location of the vertical seal position. Magnetic strips are also located in the corner sealing gasket members to facilitate the sealing of the first sealing surfaces to each other and to the front facing horizontal wall.

摘要翻译： 一个冰柜具有一个食物储藏室，面向前面垂直和水平的墙壁。 一对法式门可枢转地安装在冰柜上，以关闭冰箱的开放前部。 在关闭位置，门具有垂直延伸的面对的壁，其包括沿相对壁的主要垂直部分延伸的中间密封垫圈，其适于彼此密封地彼此接合以形成垂直延伸的密封。 上下角密封垫片构件分别位于中间密封垫圈构件的上方和下方，并且靠近机柜的相应水平壁。 每个角密封垫圈构件具有邻近中间密封垫圈构件的第一密封表面，以在门处于关闭位置时完成门的相对壁之间的垂直密封。 角密封垫片还包括大致垂直于第一密封表面的第二密封表面。 处于打开位置的第二密封表面具有收缩第二密封表面的一个垂直延伸的向外突出的脊，以将第一密封表面从其垂直密封位置退回。 当门关闭时，脊与其中一个水平壁接合，从而将第二密封表面平坦化成与该水平壁密封接合，并将第一密封表面推向垂直密封位置的位置。 磁条也位于角密封垫圈构件中，以便于将第一密封表面彼此密封并且朝向前面对的水平壁。

公开(公告)号：US5560694A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-01

申请号：US353971

申请日：1994-12-06

申请人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Doug J. Pettit

发明人： Nedo Banicevic ,  Doug J. Pettit

IPC分类号： F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/08 ,  A47B96/00 ,  E06B7/16

CPC分类号： F25D23/087 ,  F25D23/066

摘要： A novel refrigerator door liner construction and sealing gasket provides an improvement in the insulating value of a refrigerator door in the area immediately adjacent the gasket. The door liner is arranged to have a raised abutment adjacent a flat sealing portion of the gasket. The door liner almost abuts an adjacent surface of a refrigerator cabinet liner when the door is closed so as to effectively form a labyrinth seal with the gasket sealing portion between the door liner and the cabinet liner. The labyrinth seal provided between the door liner and refrigerator cabinet liner reduces the heat stress on the gasket and improves the overall efficiency of the refrigerator.

摘要翻译： 一种新颖的冰箱门衬垫结构和密封垫圈提供了在紧邻垫圈的区域中的冰箱门的绝缘值的改进。 门衬套布置成具有邻近垫圈的平坦密封部分的凸起的邻接。 当门关闭时，门衬板几乎邻接冰箱柜衬垫的相邻表面，以便有效地形成迷宫式密封件，其中垫圈密封部分在门衬套和柜衬套之间。 提供在门衬板和冰箱柜衬垫之间的迷宫式密封件减少了垫圈上的热应力，并提高了冰箱的整体效率。