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Temperature controlled compartment for a refrigerator

CA 1288251 C · Owner: Whirlpool Corporation · Inventors: Frohbieter, Edwin H.

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A refrigerator is provided which has a compartment to be chilled below the temperature of the remainder of the main refrigerator compartment and which has an openable container therein. The container is provided with apertures therethrough near the front wall such that a stream of temperarture conditioned air is caused to flow around the outer surface of the container within the compartment and to flow through the interior of the container, particularly across the inside surface of the front wall, to provide a minimal temperature gradient within the container.

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  • Granted September 3, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 3, 2008.
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FiledDecember 30, 1987
GrantedSeptember 3, 1991
Term endedSeptember 3, 2008
Patent numberCA 1288251 C
Classification (IPC)F25D25/02 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedDec 30, 1987Patent grantedSep 3, 1991Term endedSep 3, 2008

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