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A refrigerator cabinet has an exterior cabinet shell and a plastic liner insert defining a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment where foamed in place insulation extends between the exterior cabinet shell and the interior liner. The liner has a partition with upper and lower walls extendi

A refrigerator cabinet has an exterior cabinet shell and a plastic liner insert defining a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment where foamed in place insulation extends between the exterior cabinet shell and the interior liner. The liner has a partition with upper and lower walls extending rearwardly of a front mullion wall and between sidewalls of the liner. The upper sidewall has a cut-out recess adapted to receive an evaporator tray housing that is seated on edges of the upper wall of the partition. The tray supports an evaporator coil, motor, and fan. The tray has a cover that forms, together with the upper wall of the partition, the floor of the freezer compartment. By locating the evaporator tray recessed in the partition, in the partition space between the two compartments can be filled with rigid foam that extends between the upper and lower food compartments and to the exterior shell of the cabinet.

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[What is claimed is:] [1.](a) an exterior cabinet shell having a top wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, side walls and an open front side;(b) an interior liner adapted to fit within the exterior cabinet shell and spaced therefrom by insulation, said interior liner having integrally formed therewith a

[What is claimed is:] [1.](a) an exterior cabinet shell having a top wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall, side walls and an open front side;(b) an interior liner adapted to fit within the exterior cabinet shell and spaced therefrom by insulation, said interior liner having integrally formed therewith a partition which together define lower and upper food storage compartments, the partition including a front mullion wall and spaced apart upper and lower walls extending generally horizontally and rearwardly of the front mullion wall within the plastic interior liner, the upper generally horizontal wall of the partition having an opening therein,(c) an evaporator tray housing recessed within the opening of the upper wall of the partition, the evaporator tray housing having a floor portion for supporting an evaporator coil a motor and a fan blade connected to said motor, the evaporator tray housing having tray side walls upstanding from the floor portion of which at least two of the tray side walls each includes an out-turned rim adapted to overlay a portion of the upper wall of the partition, the floor portion of the evaporator tray housing being spaced from the lower wall of the partition and the tray side walls being spaced from the front mullion wall and the side walls of the exterior cabinet shell, and the insulation further extending into the partition between the upper wall, the evaporator tray housing the lower wall and the front mullion; and,(d) a cover for overlaying the tray housing.