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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334851 | Transparent top for a refrigerator A refrigeration appliance with a cabinet having a front wall, a rear wall, side walls and a top enclosing a refrigerated space. A front panel in the front wall is openable to provide access to the refrigerated space. The cabinet walls are sized to fit below a standa... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322209 | Refrigerator A refrigerator, and more particularly, a refrigerator equipped with a machinery chamber door, which is provided to open or close a machinery chamber formed at an upper portion of a body of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body with a storage chamber, an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316536 | Storage system with access control system The invention relates to a storage system (1) with a storage region (2, 3), in which storage material may be stored, with an access region (16), physically removed from the storage system, in which access to the storage material for deposition o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293847 | Cabinet for recessed refrigerators A cabinet for recessed refrigerators, which has an integrated single inner casing. The cabinet has an outer casing to define an appearance of the cabinet, the outer casing being a box-shaped body open at the front thereof, and an integrated single inner casing insta... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258276 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251954 | Modular refrigeration unit and refrigerator A modular refrigeration unit has a condenser assembly, an evaporator assembly, and a bulkhead assembly positioned between the condenser assembly and the evaporator assembly. The refrigeration cabinet includes a condenser chamber adapted for receiving the condenser a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237399 | Cold storage The present invention intends to provide a cold storage in which a cooling unit constituted by integrating a compressor, an evaporator and the like is mounted on a bottom part of an insulating box, whereby processing of the cooling unit on its insulating box side is... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234320 | Modular refrigeration unit and refrigerator A modular refrigeration unit for use in a refrigeration cabinet has a condenser assembly, an evaporator assembly, and a bulkhead assembly positioned between the condenser assembly and the evaporator assembly. The refrigeration cabinet includes a condenser chamber an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228989 | High efficiency beverage vending machine The invention provides a vending machine for cooling food products. The vending machine includes a housing defining an interior. The vending machine also includes a plurality of holding members substantially thermally isolated from one another and disposed in the in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216506 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a main body with at least one storage compartment and a component compartment having a rear opening, the refrigerator including a cover to cover the opening of the component compartment, the cover provided with air inlets and air outlets which ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7188490 | Refrigerator A refrigerator including a body provided therein with a storage chamber, an uplifted part projected from a rear portion of a top of the body so that a cooling room is formed to have a space extending above the storage chamber, a machine room provided above a front p... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185509 | Refrigerator A refrigerator in which a machine room and an air cooling chamber having an evaporator, are placed at a top of a cabinet to maximize the storage capacity of lower sections of storage compartments. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165720 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155920 | Refrigerant cycle with tandem compressors and multiple condensers A tandem compressor system is utilized that receives refrigerant from a common suction manifold, and from a common evaporator. From the compressors, the refrigerant passes to a plurality of condensers, with each of the condensers being associated with a separate zon... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7117689 | Removable refrigeration cassette for a hot and cold vending machine A hot and cold vending machine. The vending machine may include a product compartment, a refrigeration system, and a ventilation system in communication with the refrigeration system and the product compartment. The ventilation system may include a valve positioned ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114345 | Air circulation structure for a refrigerator machine room A refrigerator which has a pleasant front appearance by improving a structure to circulate air through a machine room thereof, and which restrains a transmission of operational noise from an interior to an outside of the machine room, thus performing a silent operat... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111475 | Pipe structure of air conditioner A pipe structure of an air conditioner, wherein the pipes inside the machinery room are concentrated on one side of the compressor to form long up-down direction so that the pipes inside the machinery room of the air conditioner may be formed in a compact manner, is... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107786 | Apparatus for and method of venting hydrocarbon refrigerant leaks A hydrocarbon cooling system including a housing having a substantially rectangular base defining a diagonal, a front wall defining a first air inlet, a back defining a first air outlet, and a pair of side walls. The cooling system includes a condenser mounted withi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7010936 | Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient cooling system. The subject system can provide heat stress relief to individuals operatin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007492 | Air conditioning system A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system includes an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for transferrin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994230 | Rear loading vending machine A vending machine comprising a housing and a service chassis. The housing has an interior, a front face and a rear door pivotally connected to the housing. The front face of the housing includes at least one front opening for allowing a vended product to be removed ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966198 | Air-cycle air conditioning system for commercial refrigeration A refrigeration and air-cycle air conditioning system is provided for a body defining interior space, preferably a stand alone refrigeration cabinet. The air conditioning system includes a unique combination of a compressor, intercooler, expander, motor and plenum t... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948324 | Refrigerator cooler and housing cabinet and an improved method of insertion of the refrigerator compressor unit A refrigeration cooler is provided that includes a compartment to house a refrigeration unit. The unit is inserted into the compartment and positioned so as to avoid damaging the compartment or the seal on the top of the unit and to align the evaporation/air flow in... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6941765 | Food preparation table A food preparation table includes a food storage compartment which preserves foodstuff items; and a cooled air shower device which is disposed above the food storage compartment and supplies cooled air thereinto. The cooled air shower device distributes the cooled a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929149 | Frozen product vending machine A frozen product, upright-style vending machine having a pick and place mechanism moveable in three dimensions (X, Y, Z) with a fourth, rotational, degree of freedom (W) effected using the Z axis drive. The mechanism moves along tracks in the X-Y directions and is p... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925836 | Built-in type refrigerator Disclosed is a built-in refrigerator provided in a sink and effectively discharging heat from a condenser and a compressor. The built-in refrigerator includes a cabinet provided in the sink and a component chamber at a rear bottom thereof and a dust guard provided a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925820 | Low profile condensing unit A condensing unit which includes a base plate having first and second oppositely disposed major surfaces. The base plate may include flanges disposed along the outer periphery of the base plate. A compressor mechanism and a condensing coil are mounted to the first m... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6904969 | Time-bake cycle for a refrigerated oven A method of operating a refrigerated oven to cook a food item therein comprises the steps of A) determining the temperature of the cooking chamber in the refrigerated oven, B) producing cooled air in the refrigeration unit of the refrigerator oven for a first period... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901769 | Air cooling device A portable air chiller for providing air conditioning in a variety of environmental circumstances. The portable air chiller includes an insulated container capable of effectively containing a endothermic substrate, an in-flow vent and out-flow vent positioned to com... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6848267 | Packaged chilling systems for building air conditioning and process cooling Disclosed is a packaged chilling system for providing chilled water to an air conditioning system for a building that includes: a duct system; an air handling system; and a water chilling system; wherein: the duct system is in operable communication with a building ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6745588 | Display device An adjustable angle display device for holding and displaying objects includes a base portion, a display portion coupled to the base portion and adapted to pivot about a pivot point, and a positioning device having a first end coupled to the base portion and a secon... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6701739 | Modular refrigeration system for refrigeration appliance A modular refrigeration system having an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, and expansion device fluidly connected by a plurality of conduits. The modular refrigeration system includes an integral base plate to which the evaporator, condenser, expansi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6658883 | Insulation system for a refrigerator/freezer unit The present invention teaches systems and methods for improving the thermal efficiency of an existing refrigeration system having a heat exchanger comprising: an enclosure having side walls for enclosing at least a portion of the heat exchanger and being ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6581389 | Merchandiser using slide-out stirling refrigeration deck A refrigerator. The refrigerator may include a cabinet and a refrigeration deck slidably positioned within the cabinet. The refrigeration deck may include a Stirling cooler unit.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6550270 | Seal compression mechanism for a refrigeration device A refrigeration device. The refrigeration device may include a refrigeration deck frame and a refrigeration deck removably positioned within the refrigeration deck frame. The refrigeration deck may include a sealing member and a seal compression mechanism... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6532757 | Cooling device for installation in a furniture niche A cooling device for installation in a furniture niche includes at least one thermally insulating container defining a cooling space and having a door for sealing the space, and a cooler having a compressor, a condenser, and a ventilator. The base has at ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519970 | High-side refrigeration unit assembly A refrigeration unit assembly includes: a compressor, and a condenser oriented in a wrap-around relationship with said compressor.... | 02/18/2003 |
