US 11,892,226 B2Granted

Refrigeration unit and method of assembling

AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation

InventorsVishal B. Chauhan, Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Koteswara Rao Gochika, Alberto Regio Gomes, Lynne F. Hunter, Jacob Charles Ickes, Narendra Ashok Kapure, Mansi Katkar, Mandar G. Kulkarni, Dustin Michael Miller, Abhay Naik, Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Rafael D. Nunes, Sanjesh Kumar Pathak, Sanket Vivek Phalak, Anup R. Shedage, Arpit Vijay, Giulia Marinello

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Abstract

A method of assembling a refrigeration unit includes inserting a machine compartment assembly, including a base plate and a compressor coupled to the base plate, into a machine compartment of the refrigeration unit, mounting a control box of the refrigeration unit to a side panel, and coupling the side panel to the refrigeration unit, such that the side panel conceals a lateral side of the machine compartment and the control box is laterally-inboard of the side panel.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A refrigeration unit, comprising:

a cabinet;
and
a first evaporator assembly operable between an uninstalled condition, wherein the first evaporator assembly is not assembled with the cabinet, and an installed condition, wherein the first evaporator assembly is assembled with the cabinet, the first evaporator assembly comprising:
a first evaporator;
a first suction line connected to the first evaporator at a first suction line joint;
a first capillary tube connected to the first evaporator at a first capillary tube joint;
and
an insulating sleeve disposed about the first suction line and the first capillary tube, wherein the first suction line joint and the first capillary tube joint of the first evaporator assembly are leak testable in the uninstalled condition of the first evaporator assembly.

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