Jerry S Martin

US Patent:

52051382, Apr 27, 1993

Filed:

Jan 8, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/818137

Inventors:

John K. Besore - Louisville KY
Bruce L. Ruark - Louisville KY
Jerry C. Martin - Corydon IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Louisville KY

International Classification:

F25B 3902

US Classification:

62515

Abstract:

A spine fin refrigerator evaporator is formed of lower and upper sections of elongated straight runs, which have fins thereon and have their ends connected to each other by return bent ends. The lower section is formed with two rows of the elongated straight runs in an A shape to provide a passage therebetween through which air initially flows through the evaporator so that frost can be gathered without blocking air flow therethrough. The upper section has three rows of the elongated straight runs with the fins of adjacent rows overlapping each other to provide an efficient heat transfer from the refrigerant in the elongated straight runs to the air whereby the lower and upper sections combine to provide a practical and efficient evaporator. If desired, the upper and lower sections can be vertically spaced from each other to have a defrost heater disposed therebetween.

US Patent:

52149382, Jun 1, 1993

Filed:

Jan 8, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/818154

Inventors:

Adam C. Kennedy - Louisville KY
Thomas M. Benton - Louisville KY
Bruce L. Ruark - Louisville KY
John K. Besore - Louisville KY
Jerry C. Martin - Corydon IN
Martin M. Zentner - Louisville KY

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Louisville KY

International Classification:

F25B 3902

US Classification:

62515

Abstract:

A side by side refrigerator has a vertical evaporator formed from an elongated tube wrapped with a ribbon of material having spine fins extending substantially perpendicular from the elongated tube. The elongated tube has elongated straight runs joined by return bent ends to define a vertically extending evaporator having a generally oval spiral or configuration. In one embodiment, the elongated straight runs are spaced from each other throughout the vertical length of the evaporator to provide a space of constant area for air flow. In other embodiments, the lower end of the evaporator has the elongated straight runs spaced from each other to provide an entrance passage for air with the remainder of the evaporator having some of the elongated straight runs at predetermined locations on at least one side of the evaporator offset inwardly towards the other side of the evaporator so that the fins on the offset elongated straight runs overlap the fins on the elongated straight runs on the other side of the evaporator to enhance "mixing" of the air flow around the various runs of the evaporator. The evaporator may have one of the elongated straight runs on one side of the evaporator moved into vertical alignment with adjacent elongated straight runs on the other side of the evaporator to which they are connected to provide a space intermediate the length of the evaporator for a defrost heater.

US Patent:

60558237, May 2, 2000

Filed:

Jun 29, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/106626

Inventors:

Phillip D. Baker - Louisville KY
Gordon Turner Walker - Midlothian VA
Dennis Paul Matz - Louisville KY
Gerald Lee Mitchell - Louisville KY
Joseph Murphy Miller - Louisville KY
Charles William Nelson - Louisville KY
Bruce Lloyd Ruark - Louisville KY
Jerry Clyde Martin - Louisville KY
Michael Joseph McCauley - Louisville KY
John Joseph Domagala - Louisville KY
Duane Jubenville - Louisville KY
Michael Stephen Csernik - Louisville KY
Mark Walter Steiner - Louisville KY

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Louisville KY

International Classification:

F25D 2302
F25D 1102
A47B 9604

US Classification:

62265

Abstract:

A refreshment center having a modular construction and including a mini door and a frame is described. The mini door is fabricated and assembled separate from the frame, and the mini door includes a hinge system and a trigger. The mini door provides quick and convenient access to the refreshment center by being simple and easy to open and close. The frame, in an exemplary embodiment, is a one piece plastic molded part which serves as the main structural member of the assembly. The frame includes first and second spaced apart planar members, and further includes a keeper slot and a keeper for being inserted within the slot. The keeper extends from the slot and at least partially through a keeper slot in the door trim. The frame further includes a switch cavity for housing at least a portion of a switch assembly. A switch bracket is provided to be secured over the switch cavity and is engaged to the frame by a screw.