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Abstract

There is disclosed a support tube for use in supporting a refrigerant tube within the insulation of a refrigerator cabinet. The support tube is mounted at it's lower end by a shoulder to extend through an exit opening in the bottom wall of the shell from the compressor motor housing up through a cavity space between the rear walls of the inner liner and the outer cabinet shell and into an insulation block. The insulation block has a passageway that faces downwardly, vertically into the cavity and curves gently to a refrigerant suction tube access opening in the inner liner. This opening and a corresponding opening in the tube have an elliptical shape which together with the gentle curvature of the tube permits for the easy insertion of the refrigerant tube in through the liner access opening, through the tube, and into the compressor motor. The use of the tube permits for field servicing of the refrigerant tube, positively locates the refrigerant tube in the rear cavity thereby reducing the risk of sweating associated with the refrigerant tube being shifted close to the rear walls during foaming and eliminates an unsightly and spatial encumbering refrigerant tube protruding beyond the rear wall of the outer shell of the refrigerator cabinet.

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First Claim