Claims
- 1. A refrigerator comprising:
- a refrigerated compartment having an upper rear portion;
- an evaporator chamber located entirely in said upper rear portion of said refrigerated compartment;
- an evaporator disposed in said evaporator chamber, said evaporator including an elongated tube having a plurality of straight tube segments and a plurality of bent tube segments formed in a serpentine arrangement, wherein each one of said bent tube segments joins two of said straight tube segments and each one of said straight tube segments is joined by one of said bent tube segments to at least one other of said straight tube segments at an acute angle so as to define a non-parallel relationship; and
- a cross flow blower disposed in said evaporator chamber at one end of said evaporator so as to cause air to flow longitudinally over said evaporator, said cross flow blower having a rotational axis which is disposed vertically in said evaporator chamber.
- 2. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein said straight tube segments are arranged in at least one planar row.
- 3. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein said straight tube segments are arranged in a plurality of planar rows, said planar rows being arranged adjacent and parallel to one another.
- 4. The refrigerator of claim 3 wherein there are three of said planar rows.
- 5. The refrigerator of claim 1 wherein said elongated tube defines a tube volume and about 25-50 percent of the cross-sectional area of said evaporator is not occupied by said tube volume.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/100,407, filed Aug. 2, 1993now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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