Patent ID: 7870756

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a.) a housing in which an evaporator zone and a first cooling zone are disposed, the evaporator zone and the first cooling zone being separated from each other; b.) a heat-insulating partition between the evaporator zone and the first cooling zone; c.) a central inlet port adjacent to the heat-insulating partition; d.) a fan for driving a cold air flow from the evaporator zone into the first cooling zone via the central inlet port adjacent to the heat-insulating partition; and e.) an air distributing manifold, the air distributing manifold having an entry channel arranged upstream of the central inlet port in the direction of flow of the cold air, the air distributing manifold operable to receive cold air that has exited the evaporator zone and to divert a partial flow of cold air into at least one wall-extending distributor pipe that extends along at least one wall of the first cooling zone and has wall-distributed openings distributed over the height extent of the wall and communicated with the first cooling zone, whereby the partial flow of cold air that has been diverted by the air distributing manifold flows through the at least one wall-extending distributor pipe and enters into the first cooling zone via selected ones of the wall-distributed openings.