F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 25 – D
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
25
D
341/3, 62/38
F25D 21/00 (2006.01) F25D 29/00 (2006.01) G05D 23/275 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1124815
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An automatically-defrosting household refrigerator including a user-operable "vacation switch" effective to enable the operation of the refrigerator in a mode appropriate to a condition of zero usage. When the vacation switch is thrown to the vacation position, the user is assured at once that unnecessary energy consumption will be avoided and the likelihood of failure of the refrigerator while unattended will be diminished. The mode appropriate to a condition of zero usage in- cludes having the interval between successive automatic defrosting operations extended. Additionally, the vacation switch may be effective to simultaneously disable an automatic icemaker, to increase the tem- perature set point of the thermostatic control means which maintains the temperature within the refrigerator to disable anti-condensation heaters, and to disable butter conditioner heaters. There is further disclosed a particular means for extending the interval between successive automatic defrosting operations. A temperature-responsive switch is mounted so as to be responsive to the temperature of a predetermined portion of the refrigeration sys- tem high side. The switch is closed at ambient temperature and opens at a predetermined temperature which is reached by the predetermined portion of the refrigeration system high side a few minutes into each operating cycle of the refrigerator compressor. The temperature- responsive switch is arranged to disable the defrost control timer when the sensed temperature exceeds the predetermined value during each operation of the refrigeration system. During normal operation of the refrigerator, the temperature-responsive switch is bypassed, and the defrost control timer operates normally.
315460
Company General Electric
Eckersley Raymond A.
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