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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7497770 | Air louver for a refrigerated display case A louver for directing airflow in a refrigerated display case, and a refrigerated display case employing a louver. In some embodiments, the louver includes a plurality of fins positioned to define a plurality of channels therebetween through which airflow can be dir... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7226354 | Storage body with air cleaning function A cabinet wherein air sucked from an inlet opening 4d of a shelf board combined inlet duct 4 by drive of an air purification unit 3 is passed through the shelf board combined inlet duct 4 and introduced into the inside of a case | 06/05/2007 |
| 7100396 | Climatic cabinet and, in particular, a climatic cooling cabinet The invention concerns a climatic cabinet, in particular, a climatic cooling cabinet, whose interior is loaded or unloaded with specimen slides, with the aid of a transporting device. The loading and unloading take place through a loading opening which can be closed... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7062932 | Refrigerated merchandiser with fan-powered rear discharge A refrigerated merchandiser includes a case defining a product display area and an air passage at least partially surrounding the product display area. The air passage directs refrigerated air to the product display area. The case also defines an air chamber separat... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6990824 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus for such things as convenience foods and beverages has a tilted, open faced bed from which persons may select objects. The apparatus is self-contained, and may run from a standard, single phase electrical outlet. It may be carried by two people, ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6973800 | Display case air duct partitioned for individual fans A refrigeration system comprises a display case having a viewing area with the first side and a second side. An air outlet on the first side guides air across the viewing area to an air inlet on the second side. A first fan and a second fan communicate with the air ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6971247 | Showcase A showcase includes air outlets provided at an upper rear end of a goods-storing room, and shelf ducts individually provided at lower faces of goods shelves. Cold air discharged from the air outlets is caused to descend along a rear plate of the goods-storing room, ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6931877 | Refrigerating open showcase In a refrigerating open showcase comprising a showcase body whose top surface is open; an inner plate disposed to form an air passage between the inner plate and the showcase body; and a cooler disposed in the air passage, in which an air curtain is formed on the to... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915645 | Goods display cabinet An at least partially cooled product display cabinet in which cooling of the area or areas of the product display cabinet to be cooled takes place at least partially by means of a cooling air flow and/or by means of static cooling is described. According to the inve... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6886359 | Showcase A showcase includes a showcase body having an upper face whose front end side is provided with a first waste heat air guide plate for guiding condensation prevention air upward that flows forward along an upper face of a top plate. The waste heat air is prevented fr... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6877551 | Systems and methods for weatherproof cabinets with variably cooled compartments Systems and methods for weatherproof cabinets with variably cooled compartments are provided. One such embodiment includes a housing having a door attached thereto, and in which a cooling compartment and a battery compartment are disposed. An electronics compartment... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6874331 | Device and method for creating a horizontal air curtain for a cooler An apparatus for creating a horizontal air curtain for a cooler doorway has at least one air moving device; at least one motor powering the air moving device; a control system including a sensor, the control system providing power to operate the motor when the senso... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6776822 | Air filtration device for reducing airborne particulate matter in enclosures An air filtration system according to the present invention includes an enclosure having a floor section, a top section and an opening. A ventilation subsystem within the enclosure includes an air duct having an air intake and an exhaust vent. First and second elect... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6755042 | Display case air duct partitioned for individual fans A refrigeration system comprises a display case having a viewing area with the first side and a second side. An air outlet on the first side guides air across the viewing area to an air inlet on the second side. A first fan and a second fan communicate with the air ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742344 | Shelved cupboard for refrigerated goods and method of controlled/regulated circulation of air in the shelved cupboard A shelved cupboard for refrigerated goods comprises an opening (1) for putting in or taking out refrigerated goods (2) and a ducting arrangement (3-10) for circulating of cooled air form a cooling element (11) provided thereto. The ductin... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6722149 | Refrigerated display merchandiser A refrigerated merchandizer includes a display case defining a product display region having an open-front isolated from the ambient air of the store by means of a downwardly directed inner air curtain of relatively cold refrigerated air and a downwardly directed ou... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6701736 | Refrigerated merchandising apparatus A refrigerated merchandiser including a display case and a cooling module. The display case includes a plurality of walls defining a cavity and a receptacle. A plurality of vertically spaced shelves are disposed in the cavity extending between the side wa... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701735 | Multi deck merchandiser with horizontal air curtains A refrigeration system comprises a display case defining a display space. A cooling element cools the display space. An air mover direct air across the cooling element. At least one air outlet guides cool air into the display space to an air inlet located... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6647734 | Air circulation system of refrigerator The present invention relates to an air circulation system of a refrigerator in a side-by-side refrigerator. The air circulation system ejects a cold air into a refrigerator compartment asymmetrically from right and left side walls to form a vortex thereb... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6623538 | Sterile laminar airflow device A compact, portable, lightweight, low power consuming, convenient, versatile and sterile laminar airflow device, useful in obtaining a workspace substantially devoid of airborne particulate contaminants, said device having a body (C) divided into an upper... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6539741 | Air curtain for open-fronted refrigerated showcase A refrigerated showcase has a front opening through which a consumer can view and access foodstuffs on display. The foodstuffs are cooled by coolant air introduced through a slanted, perforated, interior panel located near a rear wall of the showcase. An ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6519962 | Refrigerated merchandiser angular air guide vanes A refrigeration system comprises a display case having a bottom, a top, a first side, a second side, and a viewing area, all of which define a display space. A refrigeration coil cools the display case. At least one fan is adjacent the coil and propels co... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6381976 | Wedge shaped refrigerated display case A refrigerated display case having a substantially wedge shape for displaying items at temperature below the surrounding ambient temperature. The display case includes a cold air discharge having a length and a warm air return having a length substantiall... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379240 | Air circulation system for a refrigerated display case and method for ventilating a room space, hall space or a refrigerated division thereof having a refrigerated display case Air circulation system for a refrigerated display case and a method for ventilating a space including a refrigerated display case. The refrigerated display case includes a space inside a frame of the display case, shelves in the space and an inside air ci... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6272876 | Display freezer having evaporator unit A display freezer including a display case defining an interior space; an evaporator cover assembly located in the interior space and separating the interior space into a display portion and an evaporator portion, a fan plenum having therein an inlet comm... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6240739 | Display refrigerator evaporator cover A cover for a cooling unit, such as an evaporator assembly, of a display refrigerator. The cover is advantageously made of a single piece of material, preferably an injection molded, filled polypropylene plastic, which is capable of withstanding the harsh... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6107923 | Method and device for detecting the state of an air filter in a heating and/or air-conditioning installation of an automobile The invention provides a method and device for detecting the state of an air filter in a ventilation system of the passenger compartment of an automobile vehicle. The installation is put into operation in a given mode and a parameter of an air flow emitte... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6094931 | Refrigerator having dual air velocity generating apparatus for air curtain flow A refrigerator having dual air velocity generating apparatus for air curtain flow comprises a cool air supply duct through which cool air is supplied to an upper opening of a food storage chamber by operation of a fan, and a dual air velocity generating a... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5826441 | Refrigerator having a device for generating air curtains A refrigerator has a cool air duct having ports opened at areas adjacent to openings of a freezing compartment and a fresh food compartment respectively, a blowing fan for discharging air in the cool air duct so that air curtains for shutting off the open... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5809799 | Refrigerator having a device for generating an air curtain A refrigerator has a device for generating an air curtain for shutting off an opening of a cooling compartment, and plates are disposed at a cool air discharge port of the air curtain generating device. The plates control the discharging direction of the ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5782544 | Housing for an entertainment system A housing for an entertainment system is provided including a housing having a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, and a pair of side faces defining an interior space. The front face has a cut out formed therein with a recess formed about ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5357767 | Low temperature display merchandiser A low temperature food merchandiser having a cabinet with an open front product area, a primary cold air system for maintaining substantially constant frozen food temperatures of 0° F. or ice cream product temperatures of -5° F. in the product area incl... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5344365 | Integrated building and conveying structure for manufacturing under ultraclean conditions A building houses a semiconductor manufacturing facility, which is circular in shape and is of a multi-story structure. A silo is located at the center for use in storing and transferring wafers to clean rooms disposed radially around the silo at each flo... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5310254 | Locker providing an efficient ventilation of its content The locker comprises a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall and two side walls to form a chamber. The front wall is provided with a door by which a user can have access to the chamber. The front wall forms with the side walls two lateral ver... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5282367 | Refrigerated food preparation table and method A refrigerated food preparation table having an evaporator cooling coil and heat transfer fins which are baffled to create two air flows which are cooled to different temperatures. One air flow passes through a laminar air screen and across an open top of... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5226295 | Air treatment plant and method for balancing pressure differences in such a plant An air treatment plant comprises a housing (1); a conveyor (4) adapted to feed food to be processed through an inlet opening (2) in the housing, to and through an air treatment area, and to feed the processed food from this area to and through an outlet o... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5213059 | Air conditioning unit for experimental animals An air conditioning unit comprises a housing (1) which consists of a bottom (2), a roof (3), two side walls (4, 4'), a rear wall (5), and a front wall (6) having an opening (8) which is closeable by means of at least one door (7, 7') and which permits acc... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5195888 | Multi-layer fluid curtains for furnace openings An apparatus and method for providing a selected atmosphere at and within an opening to the interior volume of a furnace. Two or more paralleled diffusers adjacent to the furnace opening laminarly emit different fluids and provide a multi-layer fluid curt... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5113749 | Air curtain producing an outward ramping effect for use with an access way or enclosure An apparatus for producing an air curtain comprising a central opening bounded by a frame on the top, bottom, and sides which defines internal channels which fluidly communicate with one another. The bottom and sides of the frame define apertures of varyi... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5059079 | Particle-free storage for articles Apparatus for storing articles including walls defining a bin enclosure having an opening for transporting articles therethrough, a support for supporting articles in an article storage region in the enclosure, and a source of pressurized particle-free ai... | 10/22/1991 |
