An appliance includes an outer wrapper, an inner liner, a trim breaker having a channel that receives at least one of a wrapper edge of the outer wrapper and a liner edge of the inner liner, and a composite encapsulation system that hermetically seals an insulating cavity defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. The composite encapsulation system includes a base adhesive and an outer adhesive, wherein the base adhesive defines a structural adhesive component and the outer adhesive defines a sealing adhesive component.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured thereofrom. In accordance with the present invention, a thermoplastic resin composition providing higher chemical resistance with respect to a blowing agent while providing the same impact strength, gloss, and vacuum moldability as existing resin compositions when used to produce an inner case of a refrigerator, and a molded article manufactured from the same are provided.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article manufactured thereofrom. In accordance with the present invention, a thermoplastic resin composition providing higher chemical resistance with respect to a blowing agent while providing the same impact strength, gloss, and vacuum moldability as existing resin compositions when used to produce an inner case of a refrigerator, and a molded article manufactured from the same are provided.

A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet having an inner liner spaced apart from an outer wrapper and a trim breaker extending between the inner liner and the outer wrapper to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The trim breaker includes first and second opposing vertical portions, a top portion, a bottom portion, and a central portion. The top portion is integrally formed with each vertical portion at a respective upper corner, and the bottom portion is integrally formed with each vertical portion at a respective lower corner. A first plurality of ribs extends from an outer rim of the trim breaker and at least partially along the central portion, and a second plurality of ribs extends from the outer rim of at least one of the first and second vertical portions and across at least one of the upper and lower corners.

A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet; a door operably connected to the cabinet, the door having a closed position relative to the cabinet and an opened position relative to the cabinet, and the door transitions from the closed position to the opened position in a non-circular path; a liquid outlet disposed at the cabinet; and a liquid receiver disposed at the door, the liquid receiver configured to receive liquid exiting the liquid outlet when the door is in the closed position but not in the opened position. The refrigerator can further include a gasket adjacent to the liquid receiver and a gasket adjacent to the liquid outlet. When the door is in the closed position, the gasket of the door can cooperate with the gasket of the cabinet to form a sealed channel to seal liquid transfer from the liquid outlet to the liquid receiver for use at the door.

An insulating structure for an appliance includes a trim breaker, a first panel, a second panel, and an adhesive. The trim breaker defines a first groove and a second groove. The first panel is disposed within the first groove and is coupled to the trim breaker. The second panel is disposed within the second groove and is coupled to the trim breaker. The adhesive is disposed within the first and second grooves and is coupled to the first and second panels.

A cooling unit has a first door hinged to the cooling unit away from the second door and has a second door hinged to the cooling unit away from the first door, each door rotatably opening way from one another to access the chamber.

The first side of the first door faces the second side of the second door when the first door and the second door are in closed configuration to close the chamber. The first side of the first door has a first wall and a second wall forming a flat-surface-channel bottom between the first wall and the second wall. To fit between the first wall and the second wall, the second side of the second door has a gasket having an elastic surface. The elastic surface directly engages the flat-surface-channel bottom between the first wall and the second wall.

A home appliance device, in particular a home refrigeration appliance device, has improved energy efficiency. The home appliance device has at least one inner liner defining at least one storage space and at least one functional unit which in an assembled state is connected to the inner liner and located in the storage space. The inner liner contains at least one accommodation element which in the assembled state at least partly accommodates the at least one functional unit.

A vacuum insulated structure including a first cover member of a stamped unitary sheet defining a perimeter portion positioned at a first planar level and first rib formed in the unitary sheet extending to a second planar level spaced axially outward and disposed radially inward of the perimeter portion, a second cover member, and thermal bridge interconnecting the first cover member and the second cover member at the perimeter portions thereof to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The insulating cavity is a sealed cavity having a vacuum drawn therefrom, and the first rib defines a first portion of a path for air flow out of the sealed cavity during a vacuum draw process.

A sealing assembly seals an area between a door and a cabinet of a cooling device. The sealing assembly contains a magnet chamber which defines a receiving cavity for accommodating a magnetic element, a first air chamber provided at one side of the sealing assembly, an attachment portion for attaching the sealing assembly to the door of the cooling device, and an inner air chamber provided between the magnet chamber and the attachment portion. The sealing assembly contains a second air chamber provided between the magnet chamber and the first air chamber. A first separator wall is arranged in the second air chamber to partition the second air chamber into at least two upper sections and/or a second separator wall is arranged in the inner air chamber to partition the inner air chamber into at least two intermediate air sections.