US 7,320,227 B2 | ||
Refrigerator with a separate insulated compartment provided with a drain pipe | ||
Wanja Bellander, Toravägen 6, S-139 40 Värmdö (Sweden) | ||
Appl. No. 10/399,820 PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2001, PCT No. PCT/SE01/02280 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 22, 2003, PCT Pub. No. WO02/35163, PCT Pub. Date May 02, 2002. |
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Claims priority of application No. 0003835 (SE), filed on Oct. 23, 2000. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0040337 A1, Mar. 04, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. F25D 21/14 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 62—441 [62/285] | 4 Claims |
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cooled interior food storage space;
at least one separate, thermally insulated compartment which is cooled to approximately a same temperature as the food storage
space, and which is smaller than the food storage space;
a cooling circuit comprising a first evaporator in the food storage space and a second evaporator in the separate, thermally
insulated compartment; and
a drain pipe provided in the separate, thermally insulated compartment to drain condensation water which forms when a heated
food storage container cools in the compartment.
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