Refrigerator cabinet

Abstract

Refrigerator cabinet, especially for bringing bottles of wine to the proper serving temperature, comprising a refrigerating system with a heat exchanger ( 14 a, 14 b ), which is arranged in a heat exchanger chamber ( 11, 12 ), a storage compartment ( 7 ) which is enclosed by outer cabinet walls ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ) and by a cabinet door ( 6 ), and a partition wall ( 8 ) for delimiting a first ( 7 a ) and a second ( 7 b ) zone within said storage compartment. The partition wall is fixable at different positions within a zone size varying portion ( 9 ) of said storage compartment for allowing the sizes of the first and second zone to be varied.

1 . Refrigerator cabinet, especially for bringing bottles of wine to the proper serving temperature, comprising a 
 refrigerating system with a heat exchanger ( 14   a ,  14   b ), which is arranged in a heat exchanger chamber ( 11 ,  12 ),    a storage compartment ( 7 ) which is enclosed by outer cabinet walls ( 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 ,  5 ) and by a cabinet door ( 6 ), and    a partition wall ( 8 ) for delimiting a first ( 7   a ) and a second ( 7   b ) zone within said storage compartment, which partition wall is fixable at different positions within a zone size varying portion ( 9 ) of said storage compartment for allowing the sizes of the first and second zone to be varied,    characterized by    an air channel ( 20 ,  40 ) for conducting air between the heat exchanger chamber and the storage compartment,    a number of orifices ( 22 ,  42 ) arranged along a portion of said air channel for allowing communication between said air channel and said storage compartment, which air channel portion extends along said zone size varying portion, and    means for blocking the communication between the heat exchanger chamber and one of said first and second zone, through said orifices, while allowing communication between the heat exchanger chamber and the other of said first and second zone, through said orifices.    
     
     
         2 . Refrigerator cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein said blocking means comprises a cut-off flange ( 820 ,  840 ), which is insertable into said air channel portion.  
     
     
         3 . Refrigerator cabinet according to  claim 2 , wherein said cut-off flange ( 820 ,  840 ) is arranged on said partition wall ( 8 ).  
     
     
         4 . Refrigerator cabinet according to any of claims  1 - 3 , comprising an air supply channel ( 20 ) with a number of air supply orifices ( 22 ) arranged along a portion of said air supply channel for supplying air from a first heat exchanger chamber ( 11 ) to said storage compartment ( 7 ), which air supply channel portion extends along said zone size varying portion ( 9 ), wherein said partition wall ( 8 ) comprises a first cut-off flange ( 820 ) which is insertable into said air supply channel portion for allowing air supply to the first zone and preventing air supply from the first heat exchanger chamber to the second zone through said air supply orifices.  
     
     
         5 . Refrigerator cabinet according to any of claims  1 - 4 , comprising an air outlet channel ( 40 ) with a number of air outlet orifices ( 42 ) arranged along a portion of said air outlet channel for conducting air from said storage compartment ( 7 ) to a second heat exchanger chamber ( 12 ), which air outlet channel portion extends along said zone size varying portion ( 9 ), wherein said partition wall comprises a second cut-off flange ( 840 ) which is insertable into said air outlet channel portion for allowing an air flow from the second zone to the second heat exchanger chamber and preventing air to flow from the first zone to the second heat exchanger chamber through said air outlet orifices.  
     
     
         6 . Refrigerator cabinet according to any of claims  1 - 5 , comprising at least one ventilator ( 23 ,  43 ) for creating a forced airflow in a respective ( 20 ,  40 ) of said channels.  
     
     
         7 . Refrigerator cabinet according to  claim 6 , wherein at least one ( 40 ) of the channels provided with a ventilator ( 43 ) comprises means ( 44 ) for preventing self circulation through said at least one channel.  
     
     
         8 . Refrigerator cabinet according to any of claims  1 - 7 , comprising a single refrigerator system with a single heat exchanger ( 14 ) having a first portion ( 14   a ) which is arranged in a first heat exchanger chamber ( 11 ) and a second portion ( 14   b ) which is arranged in a second heat exchanger chamber ( 12 ), which first and second heat exchanger chambers are essentially hermetically sealed from each other.  
     
     
         9 . Refrigerator cabinet according to any of claims  1 - 8 , comprising an air distribution channel ( 50 ) with a number of air distribution orifices ( 52 ) arranged along a portion of said air distribution channel for communication between the storage compartment ( 7 ) and the air distribution channel, which air distribution channel portion extends along said zone size varying portion ( 9 ), wherein said partition wall ( 8 ) comprises a third cut-off ( 850 ) flange which is insertable into said air distribution channel portion.  
     
     
         10 . Refrigerator according to  claim 9 , comprising an air distribution ventilator ( 53 ) arranged in said air distributing channel ( 50 ).  
     
     
         11 . Refrigerator according to  claim 9  or  10 , comprising a heater ( 54 ), which is arranged in said air distributing channel.  
     
     
         12 . Refrigerator according to any of claims  1 - 11 , wherein said partition wall ( 8 ) constitutes a shelf.  
     
     
         13 . Refrigerator according to any of claims  1 - 12 , comprising a number of shelves which are hermetical and arranged in sealing contact with the side and back walls of the cabinet.  
     
     
         14 . Refrigerator according to any of claims  1 - 13 , comprising a number of shelves ( 70 ) which are provided with means, such as a flange ( 71 ) for blocking communication through at least one of said orifices ( 22 ,  42 ,  42 ) arranged in the zone size varying portion ( 9 ).