Patent ID: 8443618
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A cooling and/or freezing device comprising: an evaporator arranged to cool air in an interior of the device; a blower coupled to an enclosure that surrounds the evaporator, the blower configured to blow cooled air from within the enclosure into the interior of the device; a tubular heater comprising a flowing heating medium, a first portion of the heater arranged on one or both sides of the evaporator, and a second portion of the heater arranged adjacent the blower, in a space through which air passes en route to the blower to heat the blower during defrosting, the second portion arranged to receive the flowing heating medium adjacent the blower before the first portion receives the flowing heating medium on the one or both sides of the evaporator, wherein during operation of the heater, a temperature of a blower surface lies above a dew point of air present in a vicinity of the blower.