Systems and methods for vertical storage bag transport coolers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a carrier device for liquids, the carrier device includes a body compartment; a lid; a strap configured to receive at least one vessel having an attachment loop, the strap comprising a first end and a second end, where the first end of the strap attaches to a first end of the internal face of the lid; the strap inserts through the attachment loop of the at least one vessel resulting in the at least one vessel being oriented vertically; and wherein the lid encloses an at least one opening of the body compartment while the at least one vessel is encapsulated by an at least one internal wall of the body compartment and an internal face of the lid, and is oriented vertically.

A refrigerator water dispenser includes a shelf having a lower surface. A water dispenser tube is disposed adjacent to the shelf for dispensing water into a container. An actuator support is operably coupled to the lower surface of the shelf. A load cell is disposed on the actuator support, wherein the load cell sends a signal in response to movement by the actuator support. A controller is operably coupled to the load cell, wherein the controller activates a water dispensing sequence to dispense water via the water dispenser tube in response to the signal from the load cell.

A container for retaining and dispensing items allows the user to easily retrieve the items. The container is top dispensing and dispenses items through the use of one or more spring members, which biases a tray within the container. The container may include elongated slots that align with load assist holes on the tray, which in turn may receive a rod that enables a user to manually depress the tray and quickly load the container with the items. The container may also be used with different types of holders, which allows the container to be stored upright or sideways inside of temperature control units. The main body of the container may have rails that can be slidably received by the holders, allowing the user to use one or more containers in any given space. A system and a method for using the container is also disclosed.

Containers are provided herein for facilitating freezing, thawing, and/or storage of products that may be perishable, such as pharmaceuticals. The containers can include shells that enclose the product, and that include apertures permitting flow of a fluid through the containers' internal volume. The temperature of the fluid can be selected so as to freeze or thaw the product. The container optionally can include pressure building members that control the flow of the fluid through the containers' inner volume, e.g., increase the fluid flow rate and thus increase the rate with which the fluid is frozen or thawed.

A refrigerator water dispenser includes a shelf having a lower surface. A water dispenser tube is disposed adjacent to the shelf for dispensing water into a container. An actuator support is operably coupled to the lower surface of the shelf. A load cell is disposed on the actuator support, wherein the load cell sends a signal in response to movement by the actuator support. A controller is operably coupled to the load cell, wherein the controller activates a water dispensing sequence to dispense water via the water dispenser tube in response to the signal from the load cell.

A refrigerator includes an upper door, a lower door positioned below the upper door and configured to be extended out of and retracted into the lower storage chamber, wherein the lower door includes a drawer part having a storage space and a door part configured to open and close the lower storage chamber, respectively, a draw-out, an ascending and descending mechanism provided at the drawer part and configured to ascend and descend the storage space, a driving mechanism provided at the door part and configured to provide a driving force to the ascending and descending mechanism, a controller to control the driving mechanism, a microphone module provided at the upper door and configured to receive a voice input from a user, and a voice recognition module to allow the controller to control the driving mechanism in response to the voice input from the user.

A refrigerated food pan cooling device includes a food pan receiving well and a cooling system, wherein the cooling system includes a refrigeration system with a compressor, a condenser, a metering device and an evaporator. The evaporator includes at least one first refrigerant line downstream of the metering device and upstream of the compressor. The first refrigerant line runs along an external surface of at least one of the well walls. The condenser is configured as a hot wall condenser, that lacks any fan or blower, wherein the hot wall condenser includes at least one second refrigerant line downstream of the compressor and upstream of the metering device. The second refrigerant line runs, at least partly, along an internal surface of at least the first exterior sidewall to transfer heat through the first exterior sidewall to ambient air.

A container assembly comprises a V-shaped container having a V-shaped cross-section and being formed from freezer-safe material, and a support base having a V-shaped groove sized to received and cooperate with the container thereby to support the container during filling with freezable liquid. Also disclosed is a freezer container support structure comprising two or more plates and at least two spaced support members. The support members are adapted to engage the plates in spaced locations along the support members, to maintain one or more freezer containers between the plates during freezing of a freezable liquid contained in each said freezer container.

Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages. A beverage cooler may include a cooling chamber cooled by a refrigeration system, and openings in the cooling chamber for receiving bottled beverages to be chilled. The openings may have doors and/or seals to minimize heat exchange between the cooling chamber and the environment with or without bottles disposed in the openings. Each of the openings may have a visual indicator, such as a plurality of LEDs, configured to indicate the temperature of the bottle disposed in the opening.

A suspension device enables a freely projecting suspension of a food-accommodating container. The suspension device has a central rail for the direct suspension of the food-accommodating container. The central rail is a profiled rail made of metal. There is also described an arrangement of a suspension device with a food-accommodating container suspended in a freely projecting manner on the profiled rail, and a household refrigerator component.