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Refrigerator door assembly with thermal insulated door mounting frame

  • US 5,035,085 A
  • Filed: 01/27/1989
  • Issued: 07/30/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a refrigerator cabinet having a wall formed with an opening, a refrigerator door assembly mountable in said wall opening, said refrigerator door assembly comprisinga door mounting frame,at least one insulated door comprising a plurality of glass panels mounted on said frame,said door mounting frame including an L-shaped structural frame member having a side wall positionable adjacent the periphery of said wall opening and a transverse wall extending from said frame member side wall into said opening for defining a stop for said door,said transverse wall including a central portion in a plane parallel to said wall opening and said portions extending forwardly and rearwardly of said central portion in an H-shape cross-sectional configuration for defining a forwardly opening recess on a forward side of said central portion and a rearwardly opening recess on a rear side of said central portion,rigid plastic molding means surrounding rear and opposite sides of said frame member and enclosing said rearwardly opening recess for defining an air insulating space on the rearward side of said frame member central portion, anda sealing plate mounted on a forward side of said transverse wall for defining a sealing surface against which said door closes and for enclosing said forwardly opening recess to define an air insulating space immediately adjacent a rear side of said sealing plate.

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