Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Open-front refrigerator and a method of cooling items therein
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Application No.: US16099236Application Date: 2017-04-21
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Publication No.: US11272794B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Michael Nicholls
- Applicant: Vertical Cabinet Company Ltd
- Applicant Address: GB Oxfordshire
- Assignee: Vertical Cabinet Company Ltd
- Current Assignee: Vertical Cabinet Company Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: GB Oxfordshire
- Agency: Reichel Stohry Dean LLP
- Agent Mark C. Reichel; Natalie J. Dean
- Priority: GB1607950 20160506
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/052310 WO 20170421
- International Announcement: WO2017/191523 WO 20171109
- Main IPC: A47F3/04
- IPC: A47F3/04 ; F25D25/02

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a display cabinet (1) having an open face; an air circulation system comprising: an air inlet (9) located adjacent to a perimeter of the open front face; an air outlet (7) located adjacent to the perimeter of the open front face opposite the air inlet (9), and configured to blow air across the open front face toward the air inlet (9); an air conduit (11, 17) for conveying air from the air inlet (9) to the air outlet (7); and an air pump configured to draw air from the air inlet (9), move the air thus drawn through the air conduit (11, 17) to the air outlet (7); and at least one shelf (3) disposed within the display cabinet (1); wherein the air conduit (11, 17) is arranged such that at least a portion (19) of the air from the air inlet (9) follows a path that passes out from a wall of the display cabinet (1) through the at least one shelf (3), and back through said at least one shelf (3) to the wall of the display cabinet (1), before being passed to the air outlet (7).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190281997A1 AN OPEN-FRONT REFRIGERATOR AND A METHOD OF COOLING ITEMS THEREIN Public/Granted day:2019-09-19
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