A REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING A DIRECTLY COOLED COMPONENT MOUNTED ON A DOOR OF THE REFRIGERATOR

Fecha de publicación: 22/09/2022
Fuente: WIPO Wine
A refrigerator includes: a fresh food compartment with an interior wall, an opening, and a door movable between a closed position and an open position for accessing the fresh food compartment via the opening; a cold plate mounted in the interior wall with an evaporator in contact with the cold plate; a chilled component moveably mounted on the door adjacent the cold plate, the chilled component includes a heat transfer plate on a side of the chilled component for thermal communication with the cold plate, and a biaser moves the chilled component into thermal communication with the cold plate when the door is closed. The chilled component may be: an ice maker, a liquid/drink cooler, a vegetable cooler, a meat cooler, and/or a wine cooler. The biaser may include any of the following for moving the chilled component: a spring, an inclined plane, a pulley and weights, and/or a hydraulic piston.