Refrigerator appliance
Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface. The refrigerator appliance further includes a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes a mullion, the mullion comprising an outer surface, and a fan mounted within one of the mullion, the fresh food door, or the freezer door, the fan configured to flow ambient air across the mullion.
1. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber;
a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface;
a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber;
a mullion dividing the fresh food chamber along a generally vertical direction, the mullion comprising an outer surface, the mullion being connected to the fresh food door; and
a fan mounted within the mullion, the fan configured to flow ambient air across the mullion.
2. The refrigerator appliance of claim 1 , further comprising a duct disposed within the one of the mullion, the fresh food door, or the freezer door, the duct defining an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet, and wherein the fan flows ambient air through the passage.
3. The refrigerator appliance of claim 2 , wherein the duct is disposed within the mullion.
4. The refrigerator appliance of claim 2 , wherein flowing the ambient air through the passage flows the ambient air across the mullion.
5. The refrigerator appliance of claim 2 , wherein the ambient air flowed through the passage is exhausted through the outlet and flowed across the outer surface of the mullion.
6. The refrigerator appliance of claim 1 , further comprising a controller in operable communication with the fan, the controller operable to control a speed of the fan.
7. A refrigerator appliance, comprising:
a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber;
a fresh food door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door comprising an inner surface, an outer surface and a side surface extending between the inner surface and the outer surface;
a freezer door connected to the cabinet for accessing the freezer chamber;
a mullion dividing the fresh food chamber along a generally vertical direction, the mullion comprising an outer surface, the mullion being connected to the fresh food door;
a duct disposed within the mullion, the duct defining an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet;
a fan mounted within the mullion, the fan configured to flow ambient air through the passage.