Refrigerator providing air flow to door

摘要

A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet below the fresh food compartment, and first and second French doors operatively connected to the refrigerator cabinet to provide access to the fresh food compartment. There is also a mullion between the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment, an air inlet and an air outlet proximate a bottom of the first French door, and an air outlet and an air inlet on a front face of the mullion. When the first French door is in a closed position, the air inlet proximate the bottom of the first French door aligns with the air outlet on the front face of the mullion and the air outlet proximate the bottom of the first French door aligns with the air inlet on the front face of the mullion.

主权项

1. A refrigerator comprising:
a refrigerator cabinet; a fresh food compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, the fresh food compartment having a back wall and two opposite side walls; a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet below the fresh food compartment; first and second French doors operatively connected to the refrigerator cabinet to provide access to the fresh food compartment; an ice maker and an ice storage bucket on the first French door; a mullion between the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment; an air inlet and an air outlet proximate a bottom of the first French door; an air outlet and an air inlet on a front face of the mullion; a first air flow path comprising, in sequence, the air inlet proximate the bottom of the first French door, the ice maker, the ice storage bucket, and the air outlet proximate the bottom of the first French door; a second air flow path comprising, in sequence, the air inlet proximate the bottom of the first French door, the ice storage bucket, the ice maker, and the air outlet on the bottom of the first French door, a control system adapted to selectively control air flow through the first air flow path in a first mode and air flow through the second air flow path in a second mode; wherein when the first French door is in a closed position, the air inlet proximate the bottom of the first French door aligns with the air outlet on the front face of the mullion and the air outlet proximate the bottom of the first French door aligns with the air inlet on the front face of the mullion.