Claims
- 1. An evaporator assembly, comprising:
an evaporator having an evaporator tube; a sliding rail having an elongate rail body, an arm projecting laterally from said rail body, and a tube clip disposed on said arm and configured for attaching said rail body to said evaporator tube.
- 2. The evaporator assembly according to claim 1, wherein said arm is one of at least two arms projecting from said sliding rail and each having a respective said tube clip attached thereto.
- 3. The evaporator assembly according to claim 2, wherein said arms projected from a common longitudinal side of said rail body.
- 4. The evaporator assembly according to claim 1, wherein said evaporator is a wire-tube evaporator having wires extending between turns of said tube, and said rail body carries a hook formed with an insertion gap, open in a longitudinal direction of said rail body, for receiving a respective said wire or said the evaporator.
- 5. The evaporator assembly according to claim 1, wherein said evaporator is a wire-tube evaporator having wires extending between turns of said tube, and said rail body carries a wire clip with an insertion gap, open transversely to a longitudinal direction of said rail body, for receiving a respective said wire of said evaporator.
- 6. The evaporator assembly according to claim 1, wherein said evaporator is a wire-tube evaporator having wires extending between turns of said tube, and said rail body carries a hook at one end thereof formed with an insertion gap, open in a longitudinal direction of said rail body, for receiving a respective said wire or said the evaporator, and said rail body carries a wire clip at an end thereof opposite from said hook with an insertion gap, open transversely to a longitudinal direction of said rail body, for receiving a respective said wire of said evaporator.
- 7. The evaporator assembly according to claim 1, wherein said rail body and said at least one arm are integrally molded in one piece from plastic material.
- 8. In combination with a freezer appliance, the evaporator assembly according to claim 1.
Priority Claims (1)
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201 17 578.9 |
Oct 2001 |
DE |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation, under 35 U.S.C. § 120, of copending international application No. PCT/EP02/11320, filed Oct. 9, 2002, which designated the United States; this application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. § 119, of German patent application No. 201 17 578.9, filed Oct. 23, 2001; the prior applications are herewith incorporated by reference in their entirety.
Continuations (1)
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PCT/EP02/11320 |
Oct 2002 |
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10830758 |
Apr 2004 |
US |