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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7490916 | Refrigerator with multi-piece mullion having stepped offset A side-by-side refrigerator includes a cabinet defining fresh food and freezer compartments, each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume along with corresponding fresh food and freezer doors that vary in width. The fresh food and freezer comp... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7490915 | Locking divider for a refrigerator storage compartment A divider for a pan, drawer or the like compartment in a refrigerator is constituted by multiple, pivotally interconnected pieces which can be selectively locked in a desired position to compartmentalize the storage compartment. The divider defines an over-center de... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7410229 | Refrigerator with bowed mullion A side-by-side refrigerator includes a cabinet defining fresh food and freezer compartments, with each compartment having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume and corresponding fresh food and freezer doors that vary in width. The fresh food and fr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410230 | Refrigerator with multi-piece mullion having stepped offset A side-by-side refrigerator includes a cabinet defining fresh food and freezer compartments, each having upper and lower sections which vary in width and volume along with corresponding fresh food and freezer doors that vary in width. The fresh food and freezer comp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407240 | Notched mullion retainer arrangement for a refrigerator cabinet A mullion is attached to a cabinet shell of a refrigerator through the use of a retainer that includes a laterally extending portion positioned between primary and secondary flanges of the cabinet shell, and a longitudinally extending portion that is interengaged wi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7350374 | Consumer refrigerator A proposed refrigerator embodiment comprises a body enclosing a lower fresh-food compartment at above-freezing temperatures; a freezer disposed above the lower compartment, an intermediate-temperature compartment disposed above the freezer both operating at below-fr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343757 | Integrated center rail dispenser A refrigeration appliance is provided which includes a cabinet with a first openable door providing access to a first refrigeration compartment and a second openable door providing access to a second refrigeration compartment. The second openable door has a portion ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337628 | Low-temperature storage An object is to provide a low-temperature storage capable of further dividing a medium storage chamber divided by a medium partition into upper/lower small sections (small storage chambers) by adding of an optional component and changing of an inner door, and the st... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7293847 | Cabinet for recessed refrigerators A cabinet for recessed refrigerators, which has an integrated single inner casing. The cabinet has an outer casing to define an appearance of the cabinet, the outer casing being a box-shaped body open at the front thereof, and an integrated single inner casing insta... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293848 | Refrigerator cabinet assembly A refrigerator cabinet includes a shell having first and second laterally spaced, upstanding side walls that are interconnected by a top wall, each of the walls includes an in-turned front edge portion defining a liner receiving cavity. The shell further includes a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7140159 | Push-in refrigerator door seal and retainer system An in-turned annular flange of a refrigerator door panel is interconnected to an out-turned flange of a door liner through the use of individual seal and liner retainer elements which enable the liner to be snap connected to the door panel. More specifically, with o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7108341 | Refrigerator cabinet assembly A refrigerator cabinet includes a shell having first and second laterally spaced, upstanding side walls that are interconnected by a top wall, each of the walls includes an in-turned front edge portion defining a liner receiving cavity. The shell further includes a ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7014283 | Localized reinforcement system for refrigerator cabinet A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a shell formed from a pre-painted material having first and second laterally spaced upstanding side walls which are interconnected by a top wall, with each of the first and second side and top walls including a front edge por... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7000355 | Electrical mullion A mullion arrangement for mounting within a door frame including a top fitting secured to an upper frame member or header of the door frame, a bottom fitting secured to the floor beneath the top fitting, and a mullion removably positioned between the top and bottom ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6955206 | Upward acting sectional door An upwardly acting sectional door (24), including a plurality of panels (40), body portions (50) of the panels constructed of a flexible polymeric material and having a front surface (55), a cladding (80) covering the front surface... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6880903 | Locking divider for a refrigerator storage compartment A divider for a pan, drawer or the like compartment in a refrigerator is constituted by multiple, pivotally interconnected pieces which can be selectively locked in a desired position to compartmentalize the storage compartment. The divider defines an over-center de... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6783199 | Thermal barrier for a cabinet A thermal barrier for a cabinet having a door storage area comprising a curtain having vertical slits dividing the curtain into flaps; an attachment device for securing the curtain within the cabinet; and a displacement apparatus for displacing at least one of the f... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6574984 | Refrigerator door mounted water dispensing assembly A portable water dispensing module is mounted to a refrigerator door inner liner. The liner has side walls with aligned vertically spaced module supports. The water dispensing module comprises a reservoir having a fill chamber located above a main reservo... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6428130 | Refrigerator mullion A mullion assembly for a refrigerator cabinet has a pair of adjacent edge wall insulating gasket members extending toward the open side of the cabinet. The edge wall members each have a forward surface extending flush to the open side for supporting a por... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6350002 | Food storage apparatus with partition frame partitioning front opening into a plurality of access openings A storage apparatus such as a refrigerator includes a heat-insulated housing having a storage compartment defined by a ceiling, a bottom, two side walls, and a rear wall and a front opening, and a partition frame including a horizontal frame and a vertica... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6290314 | Refrigerator barrier structure Refrigerator barrier structure in a refrigerator body structure having a barrier for separating a refrigerating chamber and the freezing chamber, and a freezing chamber door and a refrigerating chamber door for open/closing of the freezing chamber and the... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6209342 | Refrigerator evaporator housing A refrigerator cabinet has an exterior cabinet shell and a plastic liner insert defining a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment where foamed in place insulation extends between the exterior cabinet shell and the interior liner. The liner has a... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6036293 | Refrigerator cabinet and method of assembling the same A refrigerator cabinet assembly includes a cabinet shell having opposed side walls that are interconnected by a top wall and a shell bottom. Each of the side and top walls of the shell lead to front face portions which are integrally formed with return fl... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6036294 | Refrigerator mullion A refrigerator cabinet has an outer metallic shell into which is inserted a one-piece plastic interior liner having a fresh food compartment separated by a mullion wall from the freezer compartment. The mullion wall is part of the interior liner. A metall... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5992960 | Mullion bar retainer arrangement for a refrigerator cabinet A mullion bar is attached to a cabinet shell of a refrigerator through the use of a retainer that includes a first body portion positioned between primary and secondary flanges formed by the cabinet shell and a second body portion that is interengaged wit... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5901877 | Automatic vending machine An automatic vending machine has a housing containing a plurality of vertical commodity storage chamber sections in a side-by-side arrangement. A thermally-insulating divider panel is fixedly disposed between each pair of adjacent chamber sections in a ma... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5895104 | Mobile device for preservation and reheating with movable thermal barriers and constant level distribution of hot and cold meal-trays A mobile device for the preservation and reheating with movable thermal barriers and constant level distribution of hot and cold meal-trays. The device includes a housing having a mobile distributing column of meal-trays having a mobile articulated therma... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5842760 | Structure insulated for example with expanded polyurethane or the like, such as a refrigerator cabinet, comprising a plurality of compartments separated from each other by an interspace, and positioned in correspondence with said interspace A structure insulated for example by expanded polyurethane or the like, such as a refrigerator cabinet or freezer cabinet, comprises a plurality of compartments separated from each other by an interspace, the insulating material injected into said structu... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5788783 | Iron-nickel alloy for stretched shadow mask An iron-nickel alloy useful for the manufacture of a stretched shadow mask, the chemical composition of the iron-nickel alloy containing by weight: 69%ࣘNiࣘ83%, 0%ࣘMoࣘ7%, 0%ࣘCuࣘ8%, 0%ࣘCoࣘ1.5%, 0%ࣘWࣘ7%, 0%ࣘNbࣘ7%, 0%ࣘVࣘ7%, 0%... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5727859 | Structure for assembling and locking evaporator cover assembly in refrigerators A refrigerator forms a freezer compartment in which an evaporator is mounted. The evaporator includes a cover assembly composed of front and rear covers locked together by a projection/opening connection. The rear cover includes an elastic tongue in which... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5720536 | Refrigerator with improved breaker strip assembly A refrigerator cabinet has an outer case with lateral walls and a continuous front flange. A pair of liners are nested in the case and have lateral walls with a front edge positioned rearward of the case front flange. A resilient breaker strip connects th... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5577822 | Refrigerator having variable volume food storage compartment A refrigerator is divided into a freezing compartment and a cooling compartment. An intermediate partition wall separates the compartments. The partition wall is vertically adjustable for increasing a volume of one of the compartments while simultaneously... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5558419 | Pull-out freezer floor for refrigerator and freezers A sliding platform for a cabinet for refrigerator and/or freezer having a stationary base secured to a floor of the cabinet and a sliding platform guided and facilitated for sliding by a plurality of loosely captured rollers between the platform and the b... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5540492 | Snap-in humidity control for crisper pans A humidity control assembly is provided for use with a refrigerator crisper pan which is constructed to snap into a plain opening in a wall of the crisper pan. The humidity control assembly is formed of two pieces, a slide body having detents for securing... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5388904 | Thermal insulation box A partitioning member having therein a space is provided at the opening of a thermal insulation box having an outer and inner boxes forming a space in between said outer and inner boxes. The two spaces communicate with each other and filled integrally wit... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5374118 | Domestic appliance panels and method of forming same An insulated panel for a domestic or household appliance is formed by a process in which two sheets of plastic material are extruded from a co-extrusion die and moved directly into a die thermoforming fixture. When the open die members are closed, the edg... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5361599 | Refrigerator shelf ladder fastener A refrigeration apparatus cabinet includes an outer shell having walls defining a front opening. A plastic liner in the shell provides an insulation space therebetween and has connected rear and sidewalls to define a refrigerated space accessible through ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5349832 | Mullion bar assembly with enhanced heat transfer barrier characteristics A mullion bar assembly having enhanced heat transfer barrier characteristics is disclosed wherein the liners defining the freezer and the fresh food compartments define non-magnetic gasket sealing surfaces against which the magnetic door gaskets seal. Sin... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5174640 | Thermal insulation box A partitioning member having therein a space is provided at the opening of a thermal insulation box having an outer and inner boxes forming a space in between said outer and inner boxes. The two spaces communicate with each other and filled integrally wit... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5154502 | Partition wall sealing structure for thermally insulated box A sealing structure, adapted to be fitted in a gap between a wall surface of a thermally insulated box and a partition wall, includes a rigid main body portion supported by the partition wall, a plurality of flexible seal members integrally formed with th... | 10/13/1992 |
