Patent ID: 6089146
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A23B,A23C,A23L,F25D

Abstract:
In a food storage container including an inner liner defining a storage chamber for storing foodstuff therein, an outer shell surrounding the inner liner and creating an interspace, an insulating material filling the interspace, and a cooling system having a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator wound around an outer surface of the inner liner to cool the storage chamber, a temperature sensing device comprising:a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the storage chamber and generate an electrical signal representative of the sensed temperature;a control unit, having a microprocessor, to control the cooling system based on the electrical signal generated by said temperature sensor; andmeans for fixing the temperature sensor to the inner liner at a position near an inlet portion of the evaporator, such that the temperature sensor is in close contact with the outer surface of the inner liner to establish a thermally conductive path between the inner liner and the temperature sensor.