Refrigeration cabinet
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorHarry Lucian Tillman
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Abstract
A freezer or refrigerator cabinet having an outer shell for strength and rigidity, a relatively thin plastic liner spaced from the shell to provide an insulating space therebetween with the liner having a projecting portion extending into the insulation space such as one providing a socket for receiving a shelf retainer projection, a thin parting agent sheet enveloping the projecting portion on the side that is within the insulation space with this sheet having an edge area spaced from the projecting portion and attached to the liner so that the sheet encloses the projecting portion and the immediately adjacent portions of the liner to prevent adherent cast resin foam insulation in the space between the shell and the liner from tightly gripping the projecting portion.
Claims7
A refrigeration cabinet comprising:
- an outer shell;
- a relatively thin plastic liner spaced from said shell to provide an insulating space therebetween, said liner having a projecting portion extending into said insulating space;
- cast resin foam insulation filling said insulating space between said shell and liner;
- and a thin parting agent sheet overlying said projecting portion and having an edge area spaced from said projecting portion and attached to said liner to define a surrounding space about said projecting portion for preventing said cast resin foam from closely embracing said projecting portion.
The method of making a refrigeration cabinet, comprising:
- providing an outer cabinet shell;
- providing a relatively thin plastic liner spaced from the shell defining an insulation space therebetween, the liner having a projecting portion that projects into said space;
- enclosing said projection on the surface of said liner that faces said insulation space with a thin parting material sheet by attaching a peripheral portion of said sheet to the inner liner surface at a peripherally closed area spaced from and surrounding said projection to provide a resilient cushion space between the liner and the sheet and to enclose said projection;
- and applying a cast resin foam insulation in said space between the shell and the liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.