Patent ID: 9335090
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: F25D

Claim Text:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a thermally insulated refrigerator compartment; a refrigeration machine configured to cool the refrigerator compartment to a temperature below ambient temperature; at least one door through which the refrigerator compartment can be accessed from outside; a bottle cooler having an interior designed to accommodate at least one bottle and be cooled to a temperature below ambient temperature, wherein the bottle cooler has an opening arranged on a top side of the refrigerator, separate from the at least one door for placing a bottle therein and removing a bottle from the bottle cooler, and wherein the at least one door through which the refrigerator compartment can be accessed need not be opened in order to place a bottle in or remove a bottle from the bottle cooler; and a chamber arranged above the refrigerator compartment, wherein a compressor and components of the refrigeration machine are arranged in the chamber, and wherein the bottle cooler extends downward from the opening into the chamber above the refrigerator compartment from the top side of the refrigerator.