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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360278 | Home-bar door opening/closing device for refrigerator A home-bar door opening/closing device for a refrigerator. Guide slots 72 are provided in both side surfaces of an opening 59 provided in a refrigerator door 55 and connected to one ends of links 75 which rotate and vertically move. Then,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7318633 | Refrigerator home bar unit door A refrigerator having a door to open and close a refrigerator compartment, a home bar unit provided on the door and having an opening through which the refrigerator compartment communicates externally thereof, and a home bar unit door to open and close the opening o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7278569 | Combination refrigerator A dual side-by-side refrigerator having a courtesy section and a paid-vend section both cooled by a single cooling unit. A frontal door or double-hung doors are mounted at the front of the cabinet to cover both courtesy and paid-vend sections. An array of sensors in... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266963 | Switching device for refrigerator A switching device for an integrated product, such as a display, installed on a front surface of a door of a refrigerator is provided. The switching device includes a hinge assembly which rotatably couples the door to the refrigerator. The hinge assembly includes a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254958 | Refrigerator A refrigerator is provided which selectively opens or closes an inner cover according to the closing or opening of an auxiliary door. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator door to open or close a refrigerator storage chamber, a door storage space provided at an i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237402 | Refrigerator and method Refrigerator comprising at least one compartment (2, 21) to be cooled and a refrigeration apparatus with an evaporator, which evaporator is arranged in heat conducting contact with a heat exchanger (6, 24, 50). The refrigerator further comprises an ess... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227088 | Balance with a draft shield A balance is equipped with a draft shield that surrounds a weighing compartment and has at least one sidewall which can be designed to be slidable to allow the draft shield to be opened and closed. An access opening is provided in the sidewall, and a closure element... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197888 | Drawer appliance A modular cabinet for a family of drawer appliances including an insulated liner defining a drawer space, a machine compartment, a wiring harness leading from the machine compartment to the drawer space, a passage leading from the machine compartment to the drawer s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150155 | Beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser providing access to beverage containers in a refrigerator. Containers may be accessed through the door and may be obtained without opening the door of the refrigerator. Multiple beverage container types may be supplied. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140159 | Push-in refrigerator door seal and retainer system An in-turned annular flange of a refrigerator door panel is interconnected to an out-turned flange of a door liner through the use of individual seal and liner retainer elements which enable the liner to be snap connected to the door panel. More specifically, with o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7108342 | Refrigerator home bar unit door A refrigerator having a door to open and close a refrigerator compartment, a home bar unit provided on the door and having an opening through which the refrigerator compartment communicates externally thereof, and a home bar unit door to open and close the opening o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7059693 | Refrigerator A refrigerator with a home bar door is smoothly and automatically opened and includes an automatic opening unit, a hook unit, a latch unit, and a damping unit. The automatic opening unit pushes the home bar door to a predetermined angle, so that the home bar door is... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6715311 | Bi-folding doors for air distribution plenum An air distribution bi-folding door assembly of a refrigerated case opens and closes to allow for the loading of refrigerated items in the case. The doors are attached by a hinge. Each door is hollow and includes perforations which allow cool air which flows in the ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6648946 | Process for recovering helium using an eductor This invention is directed to a process for recovering helium. The process includes a) passing a first gas containing helium to an eductor to produce a second gas; b) passing the second gas through a heat exchanger to produce a third gas; and c) recoverin... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6226995 | Frost control system for a door A frost control system for preventing the accumulation of frost on components of a freezer door assembly is disclosed. The system comprises a movable door disposed between a cold space and a warm space, and a header assembly. The header assembly comprises... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6212901 | Dry ice cooler A cooler with a chamber and a cavity in its lid, into which cavity a block of dry ice is inserted. Heat transfers from the chamber through a heat transfer element connecting the chamber to the cavity. The rate of this heat transfer is regulated by coverin... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6055823 | Modular refreshment center for refrigerator fresh food compartment A refreshment center having a modular construction and including a mini door and a frame is described. The mini door is fabricated and assembled separate from the frame, and the mini door includes a hinge system and a trigger. The mini door provides quick... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6014866 | Multiplex system for maintaining of product temperature in a vehicular distribution process A multiplex system is disclosed for maintaining the temperature of a product during a warehouse and distribution process employing a vehicle. The multiplex system may include a plurality of temperature control zones at which it is desired to maintain the ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5657639 | Convection refrigeration process and apparatus The present invention provides a refrigeration process and apparatus which includes refrigeration means detachably connected by conduits, preferably insulated, to a series of individually refrigerated compartments, preferably drawer units, having evacuati... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5540492 | Snap-in humidity control for crisper pans A humidity control assembly is provided for use with a refrigerator crisper pan which is constructed to snap into a plain opening in a wall of the crisper pan. The humidity control assembly is formed of two pieces, a slide body having detents for securing... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5452583 | Coolant recovery system A system and process for recovering high purity coolant gas from at least one fiber optic heat exchanger, characterized by controlling a flow of coolant gas into and out of the heat exchanger using a pressure, impurity and/or flow rate monitoring or trans... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5377491 | Coolant recovery process A system and process for recovering high purity coolant gas from at least one fiber optic heat exchanger, characterized by controlling a flow of coolant gas into and out of the heat exchanger using a pressure, impurity and/or flow rate monitoring or trans... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5345779 | Modular floor sub-structure for the operational support of computer systems A modular floor sub-structure is provided wherein discrete floor modules having bottom surfaces and sides extending upwardly to support paired floor tile are interconnected to sit upon a floor surface and, in turn, support rack-mounted computer components... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5341652 | Air-conditioning system for vehicle A vehicle air-conditioning system includes three separate chambers formed by partitions. An interior heat exchanger is disposed in the first chamber for heat exchange with air introduced into the first chamber, and first chamber has an inside-air introduc... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5329781 | Frost control system A frost control system is described for inhibiting and removing frost from the door of a storage locker. Relatively cool air is received by an inlet to the frost control system at an inlet placed above the door. The air is drawn into the system by a blowe... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5295365 | Invertible cooler A container intended to act as a cooler for items such as beverage cans or bottles has an insulated body with watertight closures at each end each capable of acting either as a base of the cooler or a lid. Fastenings to secure the closures, and supports f... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5259212 | Cryogenic freezer with a liquid trap A trap or seal system for effecting an air impervious seal for a food freezer, such as a cryogenic or mechanical freezer. The seal system includes a barrier forming a vapor-impervious partition and which has its bottom extending into a cryogenic bath. A c... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5243836 | Sealing device for a rotary evaporator A sealing device for a rotary evaporator (1) possesses a two part vapor duct arrangement (6). With that, the component on the evaporator side (6a) is formed to rotate and the component (6b) on the cooler side is formed to be stationary. Both the component... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5209082 | Multi-purpose refrigerator having a door within a door A multi-purpose refrigerator includes a main door and a fresh storage compartment mounted on a rear side of said main door and being accessible through an auxiliary door formed in said main door. The fresh storage compartment comprises a multi-section hou... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5203175 | Frost control system A frost control system is described for inhibiting and removing frost from the door of a storage locker. Relatively cool air is received by an inlet to the frost control system at an inlet placed above the door. The air is drawn into the system by a blowe... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5193356 | Household refrigerator adjustable temperature storage system A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment with a rear wall, an evaporator refrigerating air and an air passageway directing a stream of refrigerated air to flow down the rear wall. An adjustable storage assembly includes a frame mounted adjacent th... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5142883 | Partially redundant air conditioning system Unitized air conditioning apparatus for conditioning air for an enclosed space may include: an inlet chamber through which air may be drawn; first and second selectively operable air handling units by which air may be drawn through the inlet chamber and r... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4919327 | Air-processing installation designed for the ventilation and air-conditioning of several rooms and air-processing module designed for an installation of this type An air-processing installation designed to ventilate and air-condition seal rooms, as well as an air-processing module designed for the making of an installation of this type are disclosed. With each room to be air-conditioned, there is associated a stru... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4662186 | Refrigerator apparatus A refrigerating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a housing having at least one food storage compartment. A fan and an evaporator are provided for generating a stream of chilled air. A delivery duct carries the chilled air to a delivery vent... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4586347 | Intermediate temperature storage chamber A refrigerator comprising side-by-side freezer and fresh food storage compartments cooled to their respective low and high operating temperatures by the circulation of streams of below-freezing air thereto includes a storage chamber in the fresh food comp... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4579576 | Mould arrangement for glassware forming machine The mould arrangement is for use in a cyclicly operating glassware forming machine. A plenum chamber, forming part of a bottom plate mechanism on which a bottom plate of the mould is carried, extends beneath a mould of the arrangement and has exits throug... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4539819 | Reversible meat keeper for refrigerator A refrigerator having a reversible cold air meat keeper for providing convenient access thereto regardless of the side of the refrigerator that the doors are hinged. The cold air is channeled into a plenum behind the back wall of the refrigerator compartm... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4474020 | Pressure air cooling chamber for unitized vegetable loads A cooling chamber for drawing down freshly picked and field warmed unitized (for example in cartons stacked on pallets) vegetables, such as cauliflower, is disclosed. Freshly picked cauliflower is placed in rectangular cartons in side-by-side stacks of fo... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4429548 | Cover for refrigerated display cases A cover for refrigerated display cases formed from a plurality of flexible, transparent, PVC strips attached together in side by side relation to form panels which extend across the display case access opening to provide a barrier which substantially redu... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4399666 | Refrigerator cold air retaining device Apparatus for cooperation with an upright freezer or refrigerator, having an interior chamber with an opening and a door for closing the opening, includes a flexible generally planar pie shaped cold air retainer having first and second generally rectiline... | 08/23/1983 |
