Patent ID: 8042355
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A distributed refrigeration appliance system constructed and arranged for use in a residential kitchen and other locations associated with a dwelling comprising: a plurality of separate refrigeration appliance modules each having: a central cooling unit to remove heat from the cooling medium; a controller and a control circuit connecting the controller, the central cooling unit and the temperature selectors and temperature sensors of the plurality of separate refrigeration appliance modules; a cooling medium circuit connecting the central cooling unit and the plurality of refrigeration appliance modules to supply cooling medium from the central cooling unit to the plurality of refrigeration appliance modules, and to return cooling medium to the central cooling unit from the refrigeration appliance modules; a plurality of cooling medium flow control devices connected in the cooling medium circuit and through the control circuit to the controller to control flow of cooling medium to each of the refrigeration appliance modules to provide the selected temperature for the respective refrigeration appliance modules; and at least one refrigeration/storage module located adjacent to a first one of the plural refrigeration appliance modules arranged to selectively provide conditioned storage space or unconditioned storage space including: