Refrigeration cabinet
AssigneeFoster Refrigerator (UK) Limited
InventorAndrew Hodges
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Abstract
Refrigerator cabinet having an inner liner and outer shell. The liner and shell are connected by a hollow member having low thermal conductivity around the opening of the cabinet. The hollow member includes a strip of magnetic material against which a closure, such as a door, of the cabinet abuts. The hollow member includes a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member.
Claims18
A refrigerator cabinet including an inner liner defining an interior of the cabinet and an outer shell, the cabinet including a hollow member having low thermal conductivity connected between the inner liner and the outer shell around an opening of the cabinet, the hollow member including a strip of magnetic material against which a closure of the cabinet abuts, and a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member, in which the hollow member is a plastic material and the strip of magnetic material is thermally bonded to the hollow member wherein the strip of magnetic material is located on a portion of the hollow member that is separate from the removable cover.
A refrigerator cabinet including an inner liner defining an interior of the cabinet and an outer shell, the cabinet including a hollow member having low thermal conductivity connected between the inner liner and the outer shell around an opening of the cabinet, the hollow member including a strip of magnetic material aigainst which a closure of the cabinet abuts, and a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member, in which a heater element is provided within the interior of the hollow member and is accessible via the removable cover, the hollow member includes an internal leg that defines a gap between the leg and a side of the hollow member, and the heater member is received and held within the gap.
A refrigerator cabinet including an inner liner defining an interior of the cabinet and an outer shell, the cabinet including a hollow member having low thermal conductivity connected between the inner liner and the outer shell around an opening of the cabinet, the hollow member including a strip of magnetic material against which a closure of the cabinet abuts, and a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member, in which the hollow member includes a flange that abuts against the shell, and in which the flange is attached to the shell by an adhesive strip wherein the strip of magnetic material is located on a portion of the hollow member that is separate from the removable cover.
A refrigerator cabinet including an inner liner defining an interior of the cabinet and an outer shell, the cabinet including a hollow member having low thermal conductivity connected between the inner liner and the outer shell around an opening of the cabinet, the hollow member including a strip of magnetic material against which a closure of the cabinet abuts, and a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member, in which the hollow member is formed as a frame for the opening of the cabinet before being installed in the cabinet as a single piece, wherein the strip of magnetic material is located on a portion of the hollow member that is separate from the removable cover enabling the removable cover to be removed without moving the strip of magnetic material.
A refrigerator cabinet including an inner liner defining an interior of the cabinet and an outer shell, the cabinet including a hollow member having low thermal conductivity connected between the inner liner and the outer shell around an opening of the cabinet, the hollow member including a strip of magnetic material against which a closure of the cabinet abuts, and a removable cover permitting access to the interior of the hollow member, in which at least one cross-member for sub-division of the opening of the refrigeration cabinet is removably attached to the hollow member, the cross-member forming part of a mullion that subdivides a cabinet interior defined by the liner wherein the strip of magnetic material is located on a portion of the hollow member that is separate from the removable cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.