Air deflectors with flexible hinge for refrigerated display cases
AssigneeHeatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
InventorsRahul Gokhale, Satish Kumar Jatashanker Singh, Ajay Chidambaram Pillai Swornalatha, Santosh Ramakrishnan Nerur
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Abstract
A refrigerated display case includes an air director that directs air with less turbulence in a resultant air curtain but also allows for the convenient removal of an air filter member by using a flexible hinge on a portion of the air deflector. Other embodiments are disclosed as well.
Claims20
A refrigeration display case for refrigerating and displaying perishable goods, the refrigeration display case comprising:
- a base member for placing proximate a support surface;
- a back wall coupled to and substantially perpendicular to the base member and extending substantially vertically in an assembled position;
- a canopy assembly coupled to and substantially perpendicular to the back wall, the canopy assembly having a front end, and having a short-dimension width and a long-dimension length;
- an air deflector coupled to the canopy assembly proximate the front end;
- wherein the base member, back wall, and canopy assembly form a display area;
- wherein the air deflector comprises:
- a first member that is substantially vertical in the assembled position having a first end and a second end and having a first surface and an opposing second surface,
- a locating feature extending from the second surface of the first member,
- a deflecting surface member extending from the second surface of the first member and having a distal end with a securing flange for securing to a portion of the canopy assembly,
- wherein the deflecting surface member partitions the first member and defines a first portion and a second portion of the first member,
- wherein the second portion of the first member has a distal end that comprises a first filter-support shelf member sized and configured to receive a first end of a filter member, and
- a flexible hinge formed on the second portion of the first member to allow at least movement of a moveable portion of the second portion;
- and
- a second filter-support shelf member coupled to a portion of the canopy assembly and spaced from the first filter-support shelf member, wherein the second filter-support shelf member is sized and configured to receive a second end of a filter member.
An air deflector for use in a refrigerated display case at a location proximate a first end of a canopy assembly, the air deflector comprising:
- a first member that is substantially vertical in an assembled position having a first end and a second end and having a first surface and an opposing second surface,
- a locating feature extending from the second surface of the first member,
- a deflecting surface member extending from the second surface of the first member and having a distal end with a securing flange for securing to a portion of the canopy assembly,
- wherein the deflecting surface member partitions the first member and defines a first portion and a second portion of the first member,
- wherein the second portion of the first member has a distal end that comprises a first filter-support shelf member sized and configured to receive a first end of a filter member, and
- a flexible hinge formed on the second portion of the first member to allow at least movement of a moveable portion of the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.