Patent ID: 6217140
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
A heat-insulated housing for a refrigerator, comprising:a housing body with at least one refrigeration compartment;a door connected to and closing said housing body;said housing body and said door each including:a connecting profile having:a U-shaped cross-section;two limbs each with a given material thickness; anda base configured as a sheet connecting said two limbs to one another and having a material thickness less than said given material thickness;an evacuable heat-insulating material; andtwo covering layers disposed at a distance from one another and connected to each other by said connecting profile in an at least substantially vacuum-tight manner, said two covering layers together with said connecting profile enclosing an intermediate space that is evacuated and filled with said evacuable heat-insulating material, said two covering layers each having a material thickness substantially the same order of magnitude as said given material thickness of said two limbs.