Refrigerator
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsJos NIEUWLAAT, Janbas EMMEN, Stijn VAN OORSCHOT
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a refrigerated area and a cabinet; a separation wall dividing the refrigerated area and the cabinet; a refrigeration system including an evaporator disposed in the refrigerated area, a condenser unit disposed in the cabinet and a conduit connecting the condenser unit with the evaporator, wherein the conduit extends through the separation wall; and a conduit support having an opening through which the conduit extends. The separation wall includes a recess shaped to receive the conduit support such that the conduit support can be separated from the separation wall for removal of the condenser unit from the cabinet.
Claims25
A refrigerator, comprising:
- a refrigerated area and a cabinet;
- a separation wall dividing the refrigerated area and the cabinet;
- a refrigeration system comprising an evaporator disposed in the refrigerated area, a condenser unit disposed in the cabinet and a conduit connecting the condenser unit with the evaporator, wherein the conduit extends through the separation wall;
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- a conduit support having an opening through which the conduit extends,
- wherein the separation wall comprises a recess shaped to receive the conduit support such that the conduit support can be separated from the separation wall for removal of the condenser unit from the cabinet.
A conduit support for supporting a conduit that extends through a separation wall between a refrigerated area of a refrigerator and a condenser unit of the refrigerator, the conduit support comprising an opening for the conduit and the conduit support being shaped to engage a recess formed in the separation wall such that the conduit support can be separated from the separation wall for removal of the condenser unit from the refrigerator.
A separation wall for a refrigerator, the refrigerator comprising a refrigerated area and a cabinet for housing a condenser unit, wherein the separation wall divides the refrigerated area and the cabinet, and wherein the separation wall comprises a recess shaped to receive a conduit support of the condenser unit such that the conduit support can be separated from the separation wall for removal of the condenser unit from the refrigerator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.