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(11) EP 0 238 015 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.05.1988 Bulletin 1988/20

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/39

(21) Application number: 87103772

(22) Date of filing: 16.03.1987
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI SE

(30) Priority: 21.03.1986 IT 4571286

(71) Applicant: INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Marega, Paolo
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  • Patron, Oscar
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  • Besson, Duilio
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  • Peruzzo, Roberto
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(54) Refrigerator-freezer combination with automatic defrosting function


(57) A refrigerator-freezer combination with cyclic defrosting function by natural air circulation in the refrigerator comaprtment (11) and timed automatic defrosting operation and forced air circulation in the freezer compartment (12).
The combination permits any control on the user's part of the defrosting operation to be eliminated, this operation being carried out in an automatic manner in both compartments.







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