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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151598 | Apparatus and method for single or multiple temperature zone(s) in refrigerated vending machine An automated vending machine that can be selectively configured to include one or several temperature zones. A single refrigeration system and universal interior allows easy and economical assembly into a one, two, or three temperature zone machine. Thermal breaks a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8033134 | Extended cold (battery backup) refrigerator A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, a refrigerator compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, a freezer compartment disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, and a battery. There is at least one fan disposed within the refrigerator cabinet and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8028538 | Refrigerator with temperature control and operating method therefor A refrigerator having a main body including a refrigerating compartment, a cool air duct supplying cool air to the refrigerating compartment, and a sub storage compartment provided in the main body independently maintaining a temperature thereof with respect to the ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015839 | Cool air supply structure of storage receptacle for refrigerator The present invention relates to a cool air supply structure of a storage receptacle for a refrigerator. The present invention comprises one or more box casings detachably installed in a refrigerating chamber, each box casing having a mounting space and a channel th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7980091 | Refrigeration device comprising a circulating cooling system A refrigeration device comprising two refrigerated regions, whose temperature is independently regulated and which are supplied with cold air from a common evaporator chamber. A flap is situated in one branch of a cold air conduit, which connects the refrigerated re... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7856844 | Cooling air supply apparatus of refrigerator A cooling air supply apparatus of a refrigerator that is capable of uniformly supplying cooling air to all food received in a receiving box is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment for storing food at low tempera... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7841206 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber provided for storing foods. A cool air-generating device provided in the body generates cool air and a cool air-supplying device including at least one opening for discharging ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7748234 | Air enhancement system and methods for food processing systems A system and method are disclosed for enhancing airflow through a vertically oriented spiral freezer or oven stack used for freezing or heating food product. At least one high-static fan assembly is mounted above a spiral stack assembly of the system to accelerate a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7726149 | Refrigerator The present invention discloses a refrigerator which can perform direct cooling of circulating cool air by natural convection in a freezing chamber (F) and a refrigerating chamber (R), and which can selectively perform indirect cooling of circulating cool air by for... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7685837 | Freezer storage assembly for a refrigerator A storage assembly for a refrigerator having a freezer storage compartment includes a second storage compartment positioned within the freezer storage compartment, and a cooling plate positioned within the second storage compartment. The cooling plate is configured ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7654106 | No-frost refrigerator A no-frost refrigerator having an opening in a separating wall for the through passage of air between a storage chamber and an evaporation chamber. A control element is arranged in the opening and can be displaced or shifted between positions in which the control el... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7624593 | Vegetable room for refrigerator A vegetable room for a refrigerator is provided. The vegetable room includes a vegetable box disposed inside a refrigerator in which a cooling air supply unit is provided to circulate cooling air therein and a plurality of shelves is provided, and having a receptacl... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7377124 | Refrigerator Disclosed is a refrigerator with a freezing chamber and a cooling chamber, in which an evaporating unit is provided in a means for partitioning between the freezing chamber and the cooling chamber. The refrigerator comprises of freezing and cooling chambers, each of... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363773 | Vegetable room for refrigerator A vegetable room for a refrigerator includes: a vegetable box (20) disposed inside a refrigerator in which cooling air is supplied and circulated and which a shelf (10) for receiving food item is provided, having a receptacle space (5) for recei... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331193 | Refrigerator A refrigerator including a refrigerating compartment evaporator cover to partition a storage space of a refrigerating compartment and a refrigerating compartment evaporator accommodator, a ventilator which is provided in a lower part of the refrigerating compartment... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310969 | Controlled-environment cargo container A method and apparatus for controlling the environment of cargo through lateral ventilation. The method provides for a controlled fluid to be supplied into a cargo compartment having a lateral portion, the fluid being supplied through a vent in a supply-conduit adja... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305844 | Combined type air conditioner A combined type air conditioner is disclosed, by which manufacturing or assembly of the air conditioner is facilitated. The present invention includes a cabinet forming an exterior of the air conditioner to suck and blow an air by driving a blowing fan and an air gu... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7275389 | Indoor unit in air conditioner An indoor unit of an air conditioner including a front frame formed at a front side of the indoor unit, forming an appearance of the indoor unit, and having a side discharge hole formed at least one side thereof. Also included is a rear cover formed at a rear side o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275388 | Indoor unit for air conditioner Indoor unit of air conditioner of the present invention includes air discharge units at left, right, and bottom of an outer case of the indoor unit oriented to blow air in forward outer sides, to prevent air blow to a suction side, thereby making air circulation smo... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263856 | Refrigerator A refrigerator is disclosed, by which a specific part of a freezer room and/or a specific part of a cold storage room can be adjusted. The refrigerator includes a body having a cold storage room and a freezer room, an evaporator provided to the body to generate cold... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260957 | Damper for refrigeration apparatus A damper for controlling air flow into at least one refrigeration compartment of a refrigerator is provided. The damper includes a damper, and a first damper door and a second damper door movably mounted on the frame. The damper frame defines a first gate, a second ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7237403 | Refrigerated cabinet A refrigerated cabinet includes a fan assisted refrigeration unit and a duct in communication with the fan, for distributing cold air from the fan throughout the cabinet; the duct is substantially the full width and the full length of the product storage of the cabi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234318 | Outdoor, multiple stage, single pass and non-recirculating refrigeration system for rapid cooling of athletes, firefighters and others A multiple stage, single pass and non-recirculating refrigeration system is provided for either outdoor use or for use with temporary structures such as emergency firefighter tents. The refrigeration system utilizes, for example, three evaporative coils in series to... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231780 | Damper device for refrigerator A damper device for a refrigerator has a step motor used as the power source for rotating a baffle to open/close the cold air passage of the refrigerator in a more secured manner. The damper device for a refrigerator includes a frame installed in the cold air passag... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228805 | Temperature controlled railway car A composite box structure mounted on and attached to a railway car underframe to form a temperature controlled railway car. The composite box structure defined in part by an exterior metal surface, interior side stakes and at least one layer of fiber reinforced mate... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228704 | Drawer refrigeration unit A drawer refrigeration unit provides two distinct zones of cooling in a single cabinet for two pull-out drawers. The refrigeration system includes an evaporator, a compressor and a condenser. The single evaporator system is aided by a damperless air circulation syst... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216493 | Refrigerator methods and apparatus A refrigerator includes a plurality of walls forming a refrigeration compartment, an evaporator is positioned proximate at least one of the walls, a thermal insulator is positioned proximate the evaporator, and an airflow duct is positioned proximate the thermal ins... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213409 | Reconfigurable hydrogen transfer heating/cooling system A reconfigurable system is provided for effecting temperature changes. A first thermally-conductive container stores a metal hydride while a second thermally-conductive container stores a metal alloy that is capable of absorbing hydrogen atoms at a pressure that is ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213408 | Multifunctional constant temperature refrigerator with thermal carriers The present invention discloses a multifunctional constant temperature refrigerator comprising a compressor (1), an evaporator (16), a condenser (23), a cabinet (37), and freezing compartments (9), wherein the refrigerator further ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208187 | Climate control for the transport and storage of perishables Method for the control of a controlled atmosphere for the storage of plant products in at least one storage- or transport space, where a) the concentration of at least one trace gas that is produced by the plant products and has a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204095 | Refrigerator A refrigerator which includes a main body having a freezing compartment and a refrigerating compartment, an evaporating unit provided in the main body, and a first duct and a second duct in communication with the evaporating unit to guide cooling air generated from ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188481 | Adjustable damper actuator An actuator for controlling the position of a damper. It is an adjustable damper actuator that can actuate a damper to have positions that are other than fully open and fully closed. The actuator has adjustable stops for attaining a partially closed or partially ope... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7159409 | Method and apparatus for controlling the load placed on a compressor A method of operating a vapor compression system, the vapor compression system defining a closed fluid circuit in which a refrigerant is circulated and having operably disposed therein, in serial order, a compressor, a high pressure heat exchanger, an expansion devi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131282 | Defrosting The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for defrosting an absorption refrigerator comprising the steps of determining a defrost start time for defrosting of the low temperature compartment and higher temperature compartment, starting the absorption ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107785 | Refrigerator with cooling air circulation A refrigerating appliance includes a heat insulating housing and an inner chamber that is cooled by the circulation of cooling air. A hollow body extends in the inner chamber, defining a flow channel for the cooling air. Carriers for goods to be cooled are disposed ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107775 | Cold control damper assembly The invention consists of a unit 10 including a two-piece, snap together housing made of elements 40 and 50 which forms the orifice seat and the transitions which direct moisture away from the seat area and prevents the accumulation of moisture ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7069548 | Inter-procedure global register allocation method Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for optimizing processor register allocation. Variables from an acyclic call graph having a plurality of functions may be identified and a plurality of virtual registers may be created by assigning eac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059142 | Refrigerator having temperature controlled chamber A refrigerator having a temperature controlled chamber partitioned from a refrigerator compartment and a freezer compartment. Air is circulated between the freezer compartment and the temperature controlled chamber through air inlet and outlet ports, thus cooling th... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7051539 | Convertible refrigerator-freezer A refrigerator freezer having an upper refrigerator compartment and a lower below freezing freezer compartment. The upper compartment can be a convertible compartment selectively operable by the user as an above freezing refrigerator compartment or as a below freezi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051549 | Refrigerator A refrigerator is provided which includes a variable temperature storage formed in the chilling chamber; a heating room formed on a side of the variable temperature storage; a heating device installed in the heating room and configured to generate heat; a first loca... | 05/30/2006 |
