Method of controlling temperature in a compartment of a refrigerator
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRonald Scott Tarr
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Abstract
A method of controlling temperature in a compartment of a refrigerator is disclosed. During a normal operation of the refrigerator, the compartment is cooled by a temperature control circuit operated in accordance with a predetermined thermodynamic cycle. The method includes the steps of measuring a variable parameter of the compartment, and comparing the variable parameter with a threshold, and if the variable parameter is greater than the threshold, continuing to operate the temperature control circuit in accordance with the predetermined thermodynamic cycle.
Claims20
A method of controlling temperature in a compartment of a refrigerator for cooling items contained therein, during a normal operation of the refrigerator the compartment being cooled by a temperature control circuit operated in accordance with a predetermined thermodynamic cycle, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring a variable parameter of the compartment;
- and
- comparing the variable parameter with a threshold, and if the variable parameter is greater than the threshold, continuing to operate the temperature control circuit in accordance with the predetermined thermodynamic cycle.
A method of controlling temperature in an ice compartment of a refrigerator, the ice compartment storing ice produced by an icemaker, the icemaker being selectively turned on and off the user, during a normal operation of the refrigerator the ice compartment being cooled by a temperature control circuit operated in accordance with a predetermined thermodynamic cycle, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring a variable parameter of the ice compartment;
- and
- comparing the variable parameter with a threshold, and if the variable parameter is greater than the threshold, continuing to operate the temperature control circuit in accordance with the predetermined thermodynamic cycle.
A method of controlling temperature in an ice compartment disposed inside a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator, the refrigerator having a primary temperature control circuit for cooling the fresh food compartment and a secondary temperature control circuit which, during a normal operation of the refrigerator, is operated in accordance with a predetermined thermodynamic cycle to cool the ice compartment, the method comprising the steps of:
- measuring a variable parameter of the ice compartment;
- and
- comparing the variable parameter with a threshold, and
- if the variable parameter is greater than the threshold, continuing to operate the secondary temperature control circuit in accordance with the predetermined thermodynamic cycle, and
- if the variable parameter is not greater than the threshold, terminating operation of the secondary temperature control circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.