Upright refrigerator, particularly, of built-in Type with Anti-dust filter for the compressor compartment, and anti-dust filter for this latter
View Patent ↗An upright refrigerator including a cabinet having in a lower position a compartment housing the usual compressor of the appliance refrigeration circuit. The compartment having an aperture at the rear in proximity to a rear wall of the cabinet and the cabinet comprising side walls having portions projecting from the bottom wall of the compartment supporting the compressor towards a surface on which the refrigerator rests. The cabinet having a cavity defined by the side walls of the cavity and the lower wall of the cabinet, between the lower wall and the bottom wall of the compartment there is a lower aperture below the usual door of the refrigerator, the lower aperture communicating with the aperture of the compartment. A filter member is removably positioned in the cavity to retain the impurities present in the air entering from the aperture of the lower wall of the cabinet and directed towards its rear aperture.
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.
2. The upright refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the filter member further comprises:
a substantially flat body having at least one filtering portion positioned in correspondence with the first aperture.
3. The upright refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the cavity comprises opposing guides for removably supporting the filter member.
4. The upright refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the shoulder comprises a recess enabling the filter member within the cavity to be gripped and moved.
5. The upright refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the lower wall of the cabinet is spaced from a surface on which the refrigerator rests and presents a rear aperture which is close to the rear wall of the cabinet and is located in correspondence with the first aperture of the compartment, the filter member being positioned between the rear aperture and the first aperture of the compartment.
6. The upright refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the filtering portion is washable.
7. The upright refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the filtering portion is replaceable.
8. The upright refrigerator of claim 1 , wherein the filter member further comprises:
a gripping element for its movement.
9. The upright refrigerator of claim 8 , wherein the gripping element is a recess provided in the shoulder.
10. The upright refrigerator of claim 2 , wherein the shoulder is provided on a flat face of the body of the filter member.