A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet. A fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber are defined in the cabinet. The fresh food chamber and the freezer chamber are mutually separated by a mullion. The refrigerator appliance also includes an articulating lip coupled to the mullion. The articulating lip is movable relative to the mullion between a sealing position and an open position.

A wall panel for an appliance is disclosed. The wall panel includes a substantially planar surface disposed within the interior of an appliance and extending the full height and width of an appliance wall. The wall panel may be disposed between the appliance cabinet structure and the internal storage structures, such as shelves, drawers and the like, to create a fully integrated appearance. In addition, the wall panel may serve to hide refrigeration components such as air vents, internal refrigeration coils, or water lines. In some cases, the surface of the wall panel is a three-dimensional molded pattern to provide structure and create a perception of greater depth within a compartment of the appliance. In other cases, the wall panel is a lighted panel that activates when a user interacts with the appliance.

A cabinet of an appliance includes an outer wrapper defining opposing first and second sidewalls, a rear wall coupling the first and second sidewalls and an access opening and an inner liner defining an interior. The outer wrapper and the inner liner may define a sealed insulating cavity therebetween that is under vacuum. A plurality of reinforcement brackets may be disposed on the outer wrapper. The plurality of reinforcement brackets are configured to prevent deformation of the cabinet during application of the vacuum to the insulating cavity.

A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a door, an air outlet, an imaging unit, and a determination unit. The storage compartment has a storage region that stores a stored object. The door opens and closes the storage compartment. The air outlet is provided in a rear wall of the storage region and blows cold air into the storage region. The imaging unit is provided at an inner side of the door at a position higher than or equal to a height of the air outlet and acquires an image of the storage region from the door. The determination unit determines an arrangement state of the stored object stored in the storage region based on the image acquired by the imaging unit.

Disclosed herein are a ceramic plate to which an industrial fiber is attached to one surface thereof in order to reinforce the strength of a material and a refrigerator including the same. In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a ceramic plate includes a porous ceramic substrate, an adhesive layer bonded to one surface of the porous ceramic substrate, and a reinforcement material layer bonded on the adhesive layer and formed of a fabric woven from at least one industrial fiber selected from the group consisting of an aramid fiber and a carbon fiber.

A cabinet of an appliance includes an outer wrapper defining opposing first and second sidewalls, a rear wall coupling the first and second sidewalls and an access opening and an inner liner defining an interior. The outer wrapper and the inner liner may define a sealed insulating cavity therebetween that is under vacuum. A plurality of reinforcement brackets may be disposed on the outer wrapper. The plurality of reinforcement brackets are configured to prevent deformation of the cabinet during application of the vacuum to the insulating cavity.

In order to provide a generic apparatus with improved properties with regard to an operating convenience, a refrigeration appliance apparatus, in particular a domestic refrigeration appliance apparatus, is provided. The apparatus has an inner liner with at least one sidewall. A water-dispensing unit is disposed on the sidewall of the inner liner. At least one faceplate unit, which in a mounted state thereof, at least largely covers the water-dispensing unit. The faceplate unit has an opening. The water-dispensing unit has at least one dispensing region and at least one guiding unit configured to guide water. The guiding unit, in an installed position, is disposed in a cover region of the dispensing region. The water-dispensing unit has an actuating unit with at least one actuating element provided to start a water removal. The actuating unit has an operating element to start water removal. The water-dispensing unit has a cover that covers the operating element.

A structural cabinet for an appliance includes an inner liner that defines an interior compartment, an outer wrapper and a metallic trim breaker that is attached to each of the inner liner and the outer wrapper. The metallic trim breaker includes a plurality of undulating formations that extend an effective length of the trim breaker between the inner liner and the outer wrapper.

An exterior material for a home appliance and a refrigerator including the same. In accordance with one embodiment, an exterior material for home appliances includes: a steel sheet having a yield strength of between 350 to 410 MPa; a base coating layer arrangeable on the steel sheet; and a clear coating layer arrangeable on the base coating layer. A depth of embossments on a surface of the exterior material may be about 70 to 90 m.

A system stores one or more insulated beverage sleeves. The system includes a cooler including one or more cooler walls, and an attachment including a pair of sidewalls extending from a first cooler wall of the cooler walls, a body extending laterally between the sidewalls and spaced from the first cooler wall to define a cavity sized to house the insulated beverage sleeves, and a support extending laterally between the sidewalls and disposed at or adjacent to a lower portion of the body opposite the upper portion. The body has an upper portion that defines a mouth in fluid communication with the cavity.