Patent ID: 7464565

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet within which is defined at least one of fresh food and freezer compartments; at least one door for selectively closing the one of the fresh food and freezer compartments; a plurality of shelves arranged within the at least one of the fresh food and freezer compartments; and a quick-cooling device for rapidly changing a temperature of a selected item in the cabinet, said quick-cooling device including top, bottom and opposing side walls that collectively define an air intake/delivery housing, a plurality of air discharge nozzles arranged about the bottom wall of the housing, and a blower fan connected to the housing adjacent the plurality of air discharge nozzles for drawing an airflow from the at least one of the fresh food and freezer compartments into the housing and thereafter expelling the airflow from the housing through the plurality of air discharge nozzles with said airflow being directed onto a selected item to bring about a rapid change in temperature of the selected item, wherein the quick-cooling device is mounted beneath one of the plurality of shelves for thawing or cooling products below the one of the plurality of shelves.