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.
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.