(19)
(11) EP 1 452 811 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/36

(21) Application number: 04001911.9

(22) Date of filing: 29.01.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7F25D 23/06, B05B 7/08, B05C 5/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 28.02.2003 IT PN20030016

(71) Applicant: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
1930 Zaventem (BE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cricchi, Gianluca
    50126 Firenze (IT)

(74) Representative: Giugni, Valter 
PROPRIA S.r.l., Via Mazzini 13
33170 Pordenone
33170 Pordenone (IT)

   


(54) Apparatus and method for the application of evaporators on already formed refrigerator liners


(57) In a household-type refrigerator appliance, a method for the application of a roll-bond evaporator onto the outer surface of a liner (1) delimitating internally a food storage compartment of the refrigerator appliance; the method comprises a phase in which adhesive means are interposed between the liner (1) and the evaporator, this phase consisting in applying a layer of adhesive substance on the outer surface (8) of the liner (1), in view of then applying the evaporator thereupon.
The process of deposition of the adhesive layer consists in producing and casting a jet of said adhesive substance towards the surface (8) of application, and converting said jet, as soon as it leaves the emitting nozzle, into a continuous filament which is then almost atomized and distributed all over the surface by means of one or more flows of gas, e.g. air, issued by respective nozzles arranged and oriented towards said filament of adhesive substance in such a manner as to intercept the flowpath thereof and convert it into an open spray.







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