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Abstract

A refrigeration apparatus for cold merchandise, e.g., food products or containers holding beverages, particularly soft drinks, comprising a cabinet of a substantially rectangular shape in its horizontal cross section having an evaporator (8) and a fan (7) placed at the top within the cabinet (1), and a compressor (9), condenser (10) and fan (11) disposed at the bottom of the cabinet (1), and where a compartment (2) in the cabinet (1) for the beverage container (20) has a rear wall section (2'), a front wall section (16), a bottom section (2'), a top section (12), and side walls. The bottom section (2') has a curved, trough-like cross-sectional shape extending over the width of the compartment (2), and a return air channel (3) is provided in the width of the compartment (2) along the back side of the rear wall section (2') and the underside of the bottom section (2'), which channel has a primary suction aperture (4) at the forward edge (13) of the bottom section (2') and secondary suction apertures (6) in the surface of the bottom section (2'), as well as an outlet (4') in the top of the cabinet. The top section (12) has an opening (12') for blowing cooling air out from the evaporator (8)/fan (7) in the top of the cabinet and down into the compartment (2), and the front wall section (16) is pivotably attached to the front of the cabinet (1) and, in closed state, has a lower edge (16') situated in spaced relationship above and inside the forward edge (13) of the bottom section (2').

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