Household refrigerator
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Limited
InventorMichael Hamish Jensen
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Abstract
A refrigerator 1 has a cabinet 2 including a fresh food compartment 5. A door 7 hinged from one side of the refrigerator cabinet 2 is closaeable to enclose the fresh food compartment. A butter conditioner 11 is mounted on the door 7. A refrigerator light 10 is positioned so that with the door 7 in a closed position the butter conditioner 11 is positioned in close proximity to the light 10. The light 7 is operated with the door 7 closed to provide heating effect to the conditioner 11. The conditioner 11 may optionally be a removable thermally insulated container. A heated butter conditioner is mounted in a refrigerator door without an electrical connection across the door hinge.
Claims9
A refrigerator comprising:
- an open fronted cabinet enclosing, but for said open front, a refrigeration space,
- a door connected to said cabinet to cover said open front when closed and to give access to said refrigerated space when open,
- a refrigeration system to refrigerate said refrigeration space,
- an enclosed subcompartment, said subcompartment supported on the door of said refrigerator, and
- a heating means not on said door, mounted proximate to said subcompartment with said door closed.
A refrigerator comprising:
- an open fronted cabinet enclosing, but for said open front, a refrigeration space,
- a door connected to said cabinet to cover said open front when closed and to give access to said refrigerated space when open,
- a refrigeration system to refrigerate said refrigeration space,
- an enclosed subcompartment, said subcompartment supported on the door of said refrigerator, and
- a light source in said cabinet, said light source located in said cabinet proximate to said subcompartment with said door closed, said light source being adapted to illuminate the contents of said refrigerator with said door open, and with said door closed is substantially blocked from illuminating the contents of said refrigerator by said enclosed subcompartment.
A refrigerator which includes a butter conditioner characterised in that a passive butter compartment is mounted in the refrigerator door and that an incandescent light bulb is mounted in the refrigerator to illuminate the contents thereof with said door open, said light bulb mounted in a position such that the bulk of the radiation from the light bulb is received by the butter compartment when the refrigerator door is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.