Patent ID: 7856845
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator comprising: a.) a housing in which a first cooling zone and an evaporator zone are disposed, the housing delimiting an access opening through which access to the first cooling zone can be had; b.) a door movable between an open position in which the first cooling zone can be accessed via the access opening and a closed position in which the door closes the access opening such that the first cooling zone cannot be accessed via the access opening, the door having a heat insulated portion and an interior cladding with the interior cladding being located between the heat insulated portion and the access opening when viewed in the closed position of the door; c.) means for driving a cold air flow from the evaporator zone; and d.) at least one door-extending distributor duct that extends along the door and has at least one door duct opening communicated with a cooling zone, the at least one door-extending distributor duct being operable to receive cold air that has been driven out of the evaporator zone via the means for driving a cold air flow and to distribute the received cold air into the cooling zone communicated with the at least one door duct opening, the at least one door-extending distributor duct being located relative to the heat insulated portion of the door and the interior cladding of the door such that none of the heat insulated portion extends between the at least one door-extending distributor duct and the interior cladding of the door, whereupon cold air flowing through the at least one door-extending distributor duct acts to cool the interior of the refrigerator via cooling of the interior cladding of the door directly adjacent to the at least one door-extending distributor duct.