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US 2004/0168467 A1Published application
Combination refrigerating appliance and evaporators for same
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorWolfgang Nuiding
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AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
InventorWolfgang Nuiding
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The refrigerating appliance comprises at least one first, second and third refrigerating area for a low, medium or high storage temperature, whereby each refrigerating area has an evaporator (24, 25, 26). The refrigerating appliance also comprises a compressor (19), a refrigerant circuit for supplying compressed refrigerant to the evaporators (24, 25, 26) and for returning expanded refrigerant to the compressor (19), and comprises at least one switching element (22, 22′) for directing, as desired, the refrigerant through one of two branches (I, II) of the refrigerant circuit. In the first branch (I), the evaporators (24, 26) of the first and the third refrigerating areas are connected in series. In the second branch (II), The evaporators (24, 25, 26) of all three refrigerating areas are connected in series.
A refrigerating appliance (10) with at least one first (15), one second (16) and one third refrigerating area (17) for a low, an average and/or a high storage temperature, of which each has an evaporator (24, 25, 26), a compressor (19), a refrigerant circuit to supply compressed refrigerant to the evaporators (24, 25, 26) and to return expanded refrigerant to the compressor (19), and with at least one switching element (22, 22′) to selectively guide the refrigerant through one of two branches (I, II) of the refrigerant circuit, whereby the evaporators (24, 26) of the first and the third refrigerating areas (15, 17) are sequentially connected in the first branch (I), characterised in that the evaporators (24, 25, 26) of all three refrigerating areas (15, 16, 17) are sequentially connected in the second branch (II).
The refrigerating appliance as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the refrigerant circuit has a third branch (III), which contains only the evaporator (24) of the first refrigerating area (15).
Evaporators for a refrigerating appliance as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, with three connected evaporators (24, 25, 26) and at least three connections (31, 33, 35), characterised in that a series connection of the three evaporators (24, 25, 26) spans between two of the connections (31, 35).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.