Method for producing multi-compartment refrigerators
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsLuigi Sessa, Giorgio Giudici
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Abstract
A method for varying the volumn of a refrigerator cabinet into two different configurations, by providing each of the two configurations with a substantially equal static cabinet, two deep doors of unequal height outwardly closing two end compartments and an intermediate compartment, and a frontal divider selectively fixable to the static cabinet in two different positions, on the basis of which a different selected end, compartment is increased in volume by its connection to the deep door of greater height.
Claims20
A method for varying the volume of a refrigerator cabinet into two different configurations, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing each of the two configurations with a substantially equal static cabinet;
- b) providing two deep doors attached to the cabinet of unequal height configured to outwardly close two end compartments and close an intermediate compartment positioned within the cabinet;
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- c) providing a frontal divider selectively fixable to the static cabinet in two different positions, wherein in one configuration an end compartment is increased in volume by its connection to the deep door of greater height and in the second configuration the other end compartment is increased in volume by its connection to the deep door of greater height.
A method for varying the volume of a refrigerator cabinet into two different configurations, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing each of the two configurations with a substantially equal static cabinet;
- b) providing the cabinet with three compartments, a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment;
- c) providing two deep doors attached to the cabinet, a first door and a second door, of unequal height and volume, configured to outwardly close the three compartments, the first door having a greater height and volume than a second door and configured to close any two adjacent compartments and the second door being configured to close the other compartment;
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- d) providing a frontal divider selectively fixable to the static cabinet in two different positions;
- wherein in a first position, the first door closes the second and third compartments and the second door closes the first compartment such that the volume of the third compartment is increased by the volume relative to the first door, and in a second position, the second door closes the third compartment and the first door closes the first and second compartments such that the volume of the first compartment is increased by the volume relative to the first door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.