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Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
11781802 · 2023-10-10 · ·

A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a support that maintains a vacuum space between a first plate and a second plate. The support includes a first support plate provided by coupling at least two partial plates to support one of the first plate or the second plate, and a second support plate that supports the other one of the first plate or the second plate.

CONTROL METHOD FOR REFRIGERATOR, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM
20230324102 · 2023-10-12 ·

A control method for a refrigerator and a computer storage medium are provided. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body defining a first chamber and a door body that comprises a main door defining a second chamber, and a secondary door; a rear wall of the main door is provided with an air supply port formed thereon and a condensation removal air channel defined therein; a plurality of condensation removal holes are formed on the front surface of the rear wall. The control method comprises: acquiring an air relative humidity φ of the second chamber; acquiring an air relative humidity threshold φ.sub.0; comparing φ with φ.sub.0; if φ≤φ.sub.0, closing the condensation removal air channel, and opening the air supply port; and if φ>φ.sub.0, closing the air supply port, and opening the condensation removal air channel to operate a condensation removal mode.

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE OF REFRIGERATOR, AND REFRIGERATOR
20230332818 · 2023-10-19 ·

Provided are Aa method for controlling the temperature of a refrigerator, and a refrigerator. A refrigerato, comprising a cabinet, a thawing chamber, a refrigeration system and a micro-air-duct rotary disc (180), wherein a storage compartment is defined by the cabinet, and comprises a storage area and a thawing area, the thawing chamber is arranged in the thawing area The refrigeration system is started to generate cold airflow when the temperature of the storage area is greater than or equal to a preset storage start-up temperature threshold value, the guiding direction of the cold airflow is determined by means of comparing the temperature of the thawing chamber with a preset thawing shutdown temperature threshold value, and the directional guidance of the cold airflow is completed by means of the micro-air-duct rotary disc .

Heater in a variable climate zone compartment

A temperature control system for a refrigerator. The temperature control system is positioned in a refrigerated compartment and fluidly communicates with a cooling fan. The temperature control system includes a vertical partition having a front surface and a rear surface. The rear surface faces a rear wall of the refrigerated compartment and the front surface faces an open end of the refrigerated compartment. An air passage is formed in the vertical partition extending from a lower portion of the vertical partition to an upper portion of the vertical partition. A heater assembly is disposed between the front surface and the rear surface of the vertical partition proximate the air passage wherein air conveyed along the air passage is heated by the heater assembly when the heater assembly is energized.

Refrigerator
11747073 · 2023-09-05 · ·

The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes first storage for defining a first storage space therein, a door for opening and closing the first storage space, and a plurality of shelves installed in the first storage space for placing food thereon. The door includes a door frame having an opening defined therein, and mounted pivotable to the first storage, a panel assembly inserted into the opening, and disposed to allow the first storage space to be seen through, and a flow path blocking portion mounted on the door frame, wherein the flow path blocking portion shields a gap defined between the panel assembly and the shelf as the door closes the first storage space.

Oven air curtain
11747024 · 2023-09-05 · ·

An oven comprises an interior electronics cavity defined within electronics cavity walls. The oven includes an air inlet for receiving ambient air from an ambient space outside the electronics cavity into the interior electronics cavity and a first air outlet for returning steam laden air from a cooking space to the ambient space outside the cooking space. The oven also includes a second air outlet positioned to separate flow going into the air inlet from flow from the first air outlet. An air plenum can be defined outside of the cooking space, and the air inlet can be defined in a first portion of an exterior interface of the air plenum. The second air outlet can be defined in a second portion of the exterior interface.

Refrigeration appliance with a storage box
11754335 · 2023-09-12 · ·

A refrigeration appliance has a storage box with an open upper end. First and second hanging pins are disposed on a cover plate. The first hanging pin is hung in a first hanger loop and is movable in a front-rear direction and/or an up-down direction in the first hanger loop. The second hanging pin is hung in a second hanger loop and is movable in the front-rear direction and/or the up-down direction in the second hanger loop. The cover plate is movable in the front-rear direction and/or the up-down direction relative to the storage box to at least partially open and close the storage box. The first hanger loop includes an open section that enables the first hanging pin to enter the first hanger loop from the open section and the cover plate of the refrigeration appliance is thereby easy to install.

Method of operating a lighting assembly in a refrigerator appliance

A refrigerator appliance includes a chilled chamber defining a plurality of cooling zones and a lighting assembly comprising a plurality of lighting zones corresponding to the plurality of cooling zones. A climate control system generates and selectively directs a flow of cooling air into the plurality of cooling zones such that the temperature in each zone is independently regulated and the lighting assembly selectively illuminates the plurality of lighting zones to provide user feedback regarding the operation of the climate control system, e.g., by indicating which zones are receiving the flow of cooling air, by notifying a user when a zone has reached a setpoint temperature, or by identifying the presence and location of a flow restriction.

AUTOMATED BLAST CELL LOADING AND UNLOADING

A system for blast-freezing items includes a plurality of cells arranged side-by-side, each cell including a housing with a bay space, a plenum, a front air passage, a rear air passage, and a fan. The fan is positioned in the plenum and configured to circulate air through the bay space. Each cell also includes a plurality of channels to separate pathways of air to segments of the bay space. The system also includes a plurality of crane rails extending between rows of cells and at least one crane capable of traveling along the plurality of crane rails to load or unload each of the plurality of cells.

Refrigerator with shelf air regulator

A refrigerator includes a storage compartment to which cold air is supplied through a cold air outlet, and a shelf mounted to the storage compartment. The shelf includes a shelf frame provided to form a rim of the shelf, and a cold air regulator manipulated from one side of the shelf frame so as to adjust an amount of cold air discharged from the cold air outlet to the storage compartment. The cold air regulator includes a connecting member configured to be slidable along the rim of the shelf.