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US 8,459,059 B2Granted
Refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit
AssigneeLiebherr-Hausgerate Lienz GmbH
InventorsKarl Benigni, Florian Oberhauser, Manfred Gradl
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit comprising at least one fan, at least one compressor and at least one condenser, wherein the fan is arranged such that it applies air to the compressor and to the condenser in parallel.
Claims14
A refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit comprising at least a fan (3), at least one compressor (5, 6) and at least one condenser (2), wherein
- the compressor (5, 6) and condenser (2) are arranged in parallel with respect to one another and in separate channels (24, 34) from one another such that application of waste heat from one of the compressor (5, 6) or the condenser (2) to the other of the compressor (5, 6) or the condenser (2) is avoided,
- the fan (3) is arranged to supply an air flow to the compressor (5, 6) and condenser (2) separately from one another and in parallel,
- at least one bypass passage (9) is arranged downstream of the fan (3), said bypass passage (9) connecting both channels (24, 34) with one another,
- the fan (3) is located in one (24) of the separate channels (24, 34) to provide a primary airflow in the respective channel (24), and
- a secondary airflow is induced in the other (34) of the separate channels (24, 34) by air passing through the bypass passage (9) without drive by a separate fan.
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