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US 11,906,234 B2Granted
Ventilation unit for a freezer chamber
AssigneeBinder GmbH
InventorsRolf Menzer, Hartmut Winkler, Richard Leidolt
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Abstract
A ventilation unit for a freezer chamber, with a conduit and at least one heating element, wherein in the conduit, at least in sections, an air-permeable filler material is disposed, as well as a freezer chamber with such a ventilation unit as well as methods for operating such ventilation unit.
Claims11
A ventilation unit for a freezer chamber, comprising:
- a conduit;
- a heating element;
- an air-permeable filler material disposed in at least sections of the conduit;
- wherein the conduit comprises a filler material securement element;
- and
- wherein the securement element is a tongue, the tongue has a contour cut out from a wall of the conduit, and the tongue is bent at a non-cut-out section into a cross section of the conduit.
3 more elements
A freezer, comprising:
- a housing having an interior volume and a door;
- a ventilation unit, wherein the ventilation unit comprises:
- a conduit;
- a heating element;
- an air-permeable filler material disposed in at least sections of the conduit;
- wherein the conduit comprises a filler material securement element;
- and
- wherein the securement element is a tongue, the tongue has a contour cut out from a wall of the conduit, and the tongue is bent at a non-cut-out section into a cross section of the conduit.
5 more elements
A method for operating a ventilation unit, comprising:
- providing a freezer with a housing having an interior volume, a door, and the ventilation unit, wherein the ventilation unit comprises:
- a conduit;
- a heating element;
- an air-permeable filler material disposed in at least sections of the conduit;
- wherein the conduit comprises a filler material securement element;
- and
- wherein the securement element is a tongue, the tongue has a contour cut out from a wall of the conduit, and the tongue is bent at a non-cut-out section into a cross section of the conduit;
- detecting the door being opened;
- activating the heating element based on detecting the door being opened;
- detecting the door being closed;
- deactivating the heating element based on a passage of a specific time interval after the door is closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.