Patent ID: 8336322
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A distributed refrigeration appliance system constructed and arranged for use in a residential kitchen and other locations in a residential dwelling comprising: at least one refrigeration appliance module having: a central cooling unit to remove heat from the cooling medium; a controller having a first portion to control operation of the central cooling unit and a second portion; a control circuit connecting the controller, the temperature selector and temperature sensor of the at least one refrigeration appliance module; a cooling medium circuit connecting the central cooling unit and the at least one refrigeration appliance module to supply cooling medium from the central cooling unit to the at least one refrigeration appliance module and to return cooling medium to the central cooling unit from the at least one refrigeration appliance module; at least one cooling medium flow control device connected in the cooling medium circuit and to the control circuit to control flow of cooling medium to the at least one refrigeration appliance module to provide the user selected temperature in the at least one refrigeration appliance module; and at least one separate refrigeration/storage module having a separate insulated cabinet located adjacent to the at least one refrigeration appliance module arranged to selectively provide conditioned storage space above or below the ambient temperature or unconditioned storage space substantially at the ambient temperature in the portion of the dwelling in which the refrigeration/storage module is located including: wherein the second portion of the controller is arranged to operate the refrigeration/storage module to selectively provide conditioned refrigerated storage of the contents at a temperature below the ambient temperature, provide unconditioned storage of the contents substantially at the ambient temperature or conditioned heated storage of the contents at a temperature above the ambient temperature in the portion of the dwelling in which the refrigeration/storage module is located as selected by a user; and further wherein the second portion of the controller includes a portion for storing predetermined temperature sequence cycles that can be selected by a user for providing the contents of the refrigeration/storage module with the selected predetermined temperature sequence cycle.