Patent ID: 9677805
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: F24F,F25B,F25D

Claim:
1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising: a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber, the cabinet also defining a mechanical compartment at a bottom portion of the cabinet; a sealed system charged with a refrigerant and configured for generating chilled air within the chilled chamber of the cabinet, the sealed system comprising a condenser and an evaporator, the condenser positioned within the mechanical compartment of the cabinet, the evaporator positioned at the chilled chamber of the cabinet; an evaporation pan positioned below the condenser of the sealed system within the mechanical compartment of the cabinet; an air handler positioned adjacent the condenser of the sealed system, the air handler operable to urge a flow of air across the condenser and the evaporation pan; a humidity sensor; and a controller in operative communication with the air handler and the humidity sensor, the controller configured for receiving a humidity measurement for air at the cabinet from the humidity sensor and activating the air handler if the humidity measurement for air at the cabinet is less than a reference value, wherein the reference value is less than thirty percent relative humidity.