High-side refrigeration system assembly adapted to be mounted in a refrigerator machinery compartment

A household refrigerator including:

• a cabinet having a compartment to be refrigerated in the upper portion thereof separated by an insulated partition to include a high-side unit compartment in the lower portion of said cabinet having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening;
• a unitary refrigerating apparatus arranged in said condensing unit compartment including a condenser, a compressor and a fan means for circulating air through said condensing unit compartment;
• said unitary removable refrigeration apparatus comprising a support member arranged in said high-side unit compartment having a bottom wall and upwardly extending peripheral side walls defining a condensate collection area;
• securing means on said support member adapted to engage locating means in said high-side compartment for positioning and securing said unitary refrigerating apparatus in said high-side compartment;
• an impervious wall on said bottom wall of said support member extending upwardly to a position below the upper edge of said peripheral wall of said support member defining a condensate overflow containment area so as to allow overflow condensate from said condensate collecting area to flow into said containment area;
• compressor support means including resilient means interposed between said compressor and said bottom wall of said support member being dimensioned for supporting said compressor in said condensate overflow containment area so that condensate in said containment area contacts said compressor whereby said overflow condensate is evaporated by the heat generated by the operation components of the compressor;
• a wall portion on said support member dividing said high-side unit compartment between said air inlet area and said air outlet area;
• a fan mounted on said wall portion for circulating air between said air inlet and air outlet;
• said condenser including an upper and lower serpentine tube section folded to a substantial V-shape with the apex facing said air inlet and the diverging upper and lower tube portions being adjacent said support member;
• condenser support means on the edge of said support member toward said air openings being dimensioned to engage the diverging ends of said condenser for securing said condenser in said air inlet area relative to said support member.