Refrigerator cabinet construction

Claim 1

In a household refrigerator having opposed walls and first and second compartments separated by a partition, said partition having an edge first and second spaced-apart walls forming a cavity therebetween, a first material within the cavity and substantially covering the first and second walls, a face element extending from within the cavity to a location overlying at least a portion of the walls along said partition edge, heating means positioned between the walls along the partition edge, and foam insulation material within the cavity between and adhering to the first material of the first and second walls, the improvement comprising: each of said first and second walls having a flange portion extending along the length of the partition edge and being directed generally toward and spaced from one another in the asSembled position; said face element having opposed end portions and being enfolded to form a planar face, first and second opposed channels, and first and second outwardly extending flanges, said first and second channels having an associated wall flange nested therein, the heating means nested in one of the channels between the face element and the associated wall flange, and said first and second outwardly extending flanges contacting the first material and adhering to the foam insulating material; and means for connecting opposed ends of the face channel to opposed walls of the refrigerator.