Refrigerator appliance chilled air system
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMichael Goodman Schroeder, Brent Alden Junge
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AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsMichael Goodman Schroeder, Brent Alden Junge
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A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a fresh food chamber and a freezer defined in the cabinet. A bridge chamber is defined in the cabinet between the fresh food chamber and the freezer chamber. The bridge chamber includes a first inlet and a first outlet in fluid communication with the fresh food chamber, as well as a second inlet and a second outlet in fluid communication with the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance also includes an evaporator and a fan positioned in the bridge chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a movable damper assembly configured to move between a first position and a second position. At least one of the second inlet and the second outlet is obstructed by the damper assembly in the first position and at least one of the first inlet and the first outlet are obstructed by the damper assembly in the second position.
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
A method of operating a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance comprising a cabinet, a fresh food chamber defined in the cabinet, a freezer chamber defined in the cabinet, the freezer chamber spaced apart from the fresh food chamber and separated from the fresh food chamber by an insulated mullion, a bridge chamber defined in the cabinet, the bridge chamber positioned between the fresh food chamber and the freezer chamber, the bridge chamber comprising a first inlet in fluid communication with the fresh food chamber, a first outlet in fluid communication with the fresh food chamber, a second inlet in fluid communication with the freezer chamber, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the freezer chamber, the refrigerator appliance further comprising a movable damper assembly, an evaporator positioned in the bridge chamber, and a fan positioned in the bridge chamber, wherein the movable damper assembly comprises a single curved damper, the single curved damper comprising an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is oriented towards the first inlet in the first position and the inlet is oriented towards the second inlet in the second position, and wherein the outlet is oriented towards the evaporator in the first position and in the second position, the method comprising:
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