Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of rigid or permeable conduits for achieving faster vacuum evacuation time in vacuum insulated structures
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Application No.: US16302923Application Date: 2017-01-18
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Publication No.: US11029080B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Abhay Naik , Subrata Shannigrahi , Gustavo Frattini
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/013940 WO 20170118
- International Announcement: WO2018/136054 WO 20180726
- Main IPC: F25D23/06
- IPC: F25D23/06 ; F16L59/065

Abstract:
An appliance includes an outer wrapper having a plurality of walls that define an external surface and an inner liner. A trim breaker seals the outer wrapper to the inner liner to define an insulation space. A vacuum port is disposed on the external surface of the outer wrapper. A channel is in fluid communication with the vacuum port and extends along at least one of the plurality of walls of the outer wrapper. An insulative material is disposed between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A filter media is disposed along the channel such that air can be drawn from the insulation space past the filter media, into the channel, and through each vacuum port.
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