Refrigerator appliance with cool water dispensing unit

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EP 1 139 045 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/07

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/40

(21)	Application number: 01201010.4

(22)	Date of filing: 19.03.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F25D 23/12

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

31.03.2000 IT MI000675

(71)	Applicant: CANDY S.p.A.
	I-20052 Monza (Milano) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Fumagalli, Silvano 20052 Monza (IT)

(74)	Representative: Mittler, Enrico
	c/o Mittler & C. s.r.l., Viale Lombardia, 20 20131 Milano 20131 Milano (IT)

(54)	Refrigerator appliance with cool water dispensing unit

(57) A refrigerator appliance is described comprising a heat insulated case (2) and a unit for dispensing water coming from an external water network. The unit comprises a first direct operation solenoid valve (8) connected with said external water network, a tank (10) located inside the heat insulated case (2) and which receives water coming from the external water network through the first solenoid valve (8), a second direct operation solenoid valve (14) located downstream of said tank (10), a water dispenser (13) external to the refrigerator appliance. The first solenoid valve (8) has an orifice (87) for the flow of water inside the tank (10) and said second solenoid valve (14) has an orifice (140) for the flow of the water toward the dispenser (13). The orifice (87) of the first solenoid valve (8) has a section smaller than the orifice (140) of the second solenoid valve (14) in order to reduce the pressure inside the water circuit comprised between the two solenoid valves (8, 14).

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