US 11,892,226 B2
Refrigeration unit and method of assembling
Vishal B. Chauhan, Palghar (IN); Rahul Subhash Chhajed, Pune (IN); Koteswara Rao Gochika, Pune (IN); Alberto Regio Gomes, St. Joseph, MI (US); Lynne F. Hunter, Dorr, MI (US); Jacob Charles Ickes, Baroda, MI (US); Narendra Ashok Kapure, Pune (IN); Mansi Katkar, Pune (IN); Mandar G. Kulkarni, Pune (IN); Dustin Michael Miller, South Bend, IN (US); Abhay Naik, Stevensville, MI (US); Manjunathraddi Navalgund, Pune (IN); Rafael D. Nunes, St. Joseph, MI (US); Sanjesh Kumar Pathak, Stevensville, MI (US); Sanket Vivek Phalak, Pune (IN); Anup R. Shedage, Pune (IN); Arpit Vijay, Rajasthan (IN); and Giulia Marinello, Milan (IT)
Assigned to Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,412.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184480 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/006 (2013.01) [F25B 39/02 (2013.01); F25B 49/005 (2013.01); F25D 23/066 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25B 2339/02 (2013.01); F25B 2500/222 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigeration unit, comprising:
a cabinet; and
a first evaporator assembly operable between an uninstalled condition, wherein the first evaporator assembly is not assembled with the cabinet, and an installed condition, wherein the first evaporator assembly is assembled with the cabinet, the first evaporator assembly comprising:
a first evaporator;
a first suction line connected to the first evaporator at a first suction line joint;
a first capillary tube connected to the first evaporator at a first capillary tube joint; and
an insulating sleeve disposed about the first suction line and the first capillary tube, wherein the first suction line joint and the first capillary tube joint of the first evaporator assembly are leak testable in the uninstalled condition of the first evaporator assembly.