Refrigerating appliance with thermostatic temperature control arrangement.

摘要

The refrigerating appliance (3) comprises a refrigerating circuit (6 to 10) controlled by thermostatic temperature control means (12) to perform alternate refrigeration and defrost phases for keeping a compartment (5) at a predetermined average temperature. A control device (11) is capable of interrupting operation of the refrigerating circuit to start a forced defrost phase, by-passing said thermostatic control means (12), when a refrigeration phase lasts longer than a predetermined maximum period. The forced defrost phase may be time-controlled or controlled thermostatically by said control means (12).