# US 5,343,717 A · Refrigerator with intermittently working sorption refrigerating apparatus

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- Number: US 5,343,717 A
- Document ID: US5343717A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/063,602
- Filed: 1993-05-19
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1992-06-09
- Assignees: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
- Inventors: Bengt E. O. Ebbeson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343717A

## CPC

- F25B 17/00: Sorption machines, plants or systems, operating intermittently, e.g. absorption or adsorption type
- F25B 49/046: {Operating intermittently}
- Y02A 30/27: Relating to heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC] technologies
- Y02B 30/62: Absorption based systems
- F25B: REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS

## Abstract

A refrigerator is provided with a refrigerating unit in the form of an apparatus having at least one pair of containers, where each pair includes a first and a second container (18 and 20, respectively) communicating with each other through a pipe (22). Each container contains a substance which, when being heated, gives off a gaseous working medium and, when being cooled, absorbs the gaseous working medium. The first container (18) is arranged to be heated from the storage compartment (16) of the refrigerator, which compartment thereby is cooled. The second container (20) is provided with a heater (34). Each container is provided with an arrangement for, when need arises, conducting heat away from the respective container, which arrangement includes a cooling circuit (26, 28, 30, 32 and 36, 38, 30, 32, respectively), in which a pump (26, 36) brings a cooling liquid to cool the respective container. The liquid is cooled in a radiator (32) arranged on the refrigerator. The cooling circuit is only partly filled with the cooling liquid so that the liquid returns to a level (40) below the container when the cooling liquid circulation is shut off.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Refrigerator with a refrigerating unit in the form of an apparatus having a first and a second container (18 and 20, respectively; 68 and 70, respectively) communicating with each other through a conduit (22; 72), each container containing a substance which, when being heated, gives off a gaseous working medium and, when being cooled, absorbs the gaseous working medium, the first container (18; 68) being arranged to be heated from a storage compartment (16) of the refrigerator to thereby cool the compartment, the second container (20; 70) being provided with a heating means (34, 46, 75; 78), and each container being provided with means for, when need arises, conducting heat away from the container, wherein the means for conducting heat away from at least one of the containers is constituted by a cooling circuit (26, 28, 30, 32; 48, 50, 28, 30, 32; 48, 50, 28, 80, 82, 30, 32 and 36, 38, 30, 32; 48, 52, 38, 30, 32, respectively), in which a pump (26, 36) brings a cooling liquid to cool the container, said liquid being cooled in a radiator (32) arranged on the refrigerator, said cooling circuit being only partly filled with the cooling liquid so that the liquid returns to a level (40) below the container when circulation of the cooling liquid is discontinued.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cooling circuit includes two pumps (26, 36) for circulating the cooling liquid to the container and through the radiator (32).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

Refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the cooling circuit includes one pump (48) and two valves (50, 52) for circulating the cooling liquid to the container and through the radiator (32).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

Refrigerator according to any one of claims 1-3, further comprising means (17) for sensing the temperature in the compartment (16) and operable to interrupt conduction of heat away from the second container (20; 70) when the temperature in the compartment falls below a certain level.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

Refrigerator according to claim 4, wherein the temperature sensing means (17) are adapted to re-establish the conduction of heat away from the second container (20; 70) when the temperature in the compartment rises above a certain level.