Temperature regulating apparatus and methods of using same
AssigneeFuse, LLC
InventorMatthew S. Brown
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Abstract
A temperature regulating apparatus can comprise a housing, an intake fan, an outlet fan, and one or more canisters containing a pressurized cooling gas, such as carbon dioxide, freon, nitrogen, difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane, positioned within the housing. The inlet fan draws warm air from outside of the housing into the housing through vent openings formed in the housing. Cooling gas is released from the canisters when a temperature sensing device detects the ambient temperature is above a predetermined desired temperature, and the outlet fan blows cooled air out of the housing through the vent openings, whereby the ambient temperature outside of the housing can be cooled to the predetermined desired temperature.
Claims20
A temperature regulating apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing comprising at least one wall having a first vent and a second vent formed therein;
- (b) an intake fan positioned within the housing proximate the first vent, the intake fan adapted to draw in air from outside of the housing through the first vent and into the housing;
- (c) an outlet fan positioned within the housing proximate the second vent, the outlet fan adapted to blow air in the housing through the second vent to exit the housing;
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- (d) at least one container positioned within the housing containing pressurized gas capable of altering an ambient temperature, wherein pressurized gas released from the at least one container is blown by the outlet fan through the second vent out of the housing whereby an ambient temperature outside of the housing is altered.
A container apparatus comprising:
- (a) an enclosure defining an interior area for storing items therein, the enclosure having an interior surface facing the interior area and a recess formed in the interior surface to form a recessed portion of the interior surface;
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- (b) a temperature regulating device comprising:
- (i) a housing comprising at least one wall having a first vent and a second vent formed therein, the housing positioned within the recessed portion of the interior surface of the enclosure with the first vent and the second vent facing the interior area of the enclosure,
- (ii) an intake fan positioned within the housing proximate the first vent, the intake fan adapted to draw in air from outside of the housing through the first vent and into the housing,
- (iii) an outlet fan positioned within the housing proximate the second vent, the outlet fan adapted to blow air in the housing through the second vent to exit the housing and enter the interior area of the enclosure, and
- (iv) at least one container positioned within the housing containing pressurized gas capable of altering an ambient temperature, wherein pressurized gas released from the at least one container is blown by the outlet fan through the second vent out of the housing and into the interior area of the enclosure whereby an ambient temperature of the interior area of the enclosure is altered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.