Patent ID: 9132592
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B29C,F25D

Abstract:
1. An appliance defining a vertical and a lateral direction, the appliance comprising: a cabinet comprising a liner and casing and defining a top panel section, a bottom panel section, side panel sections, and a rear panel section with each section defining one or more voids for the receipt of a foam material; wherein the rear panel section has a plurality of fill holes for injecting foam material into the one or more voids of the cabinet, each fill hole located for primarily filling one or more voids of one of the sections defined by the liner and casing with an amount of foam material determined for the section, wherein the plurality of fill holes are not positioned symmetrically along both the vertical and lateral directions, and wherein a first fill hole is positioned to achieve a first thermal characteristic in the top panel section of the cabinet and a second fill hole is positioned to achieve a second thermal characteristic in the bottom panel section of the cabinet.