Patent ID: 7204097
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. An upright refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having in a lower position a compartment housing a compressor of an appliance refrigeration circuit, the compartment having a first aperture at the rear in proximity to a rear wall of the cabinet through which air enters the compartment; a cavity provided below the compartment and closed by a lower wall of the cabinet, the cavity having a second aperture below a usual door of a preservation cavity of the cabinet and communicating with the compartment via the lower aperture; and a filter member for retaining the impurities present in the air entering the compartment and removably contained within the cavity and positioned at least in correspondence with the first aperture; wherein the cavity is seperated into two parts by the filter member, communication between the compartment and the second aperture of the cavity being intercepted by a shoulder provided on the filter member.