Refrigerated merchandiser with transverse fan
OwnerRobert Hong Leung Chiang, Eugene Duane Daddis JR. +3inventors
InventorsRobert Hong Leung Chiang, Eugene Duane Daddis JR., Kwok Kwong Fung, Sue-Li Kingsley Chuang, Philip Lewis Lavrich
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Abstract
A refrigerated merchandiser (100) includes an upright, open-front, insulated cabinet (110) defining a product display area (125) connected in airflow communication with a compartment (120) via an air circulation circuit (122, 114, 116). An evaporator (40) and a plurality of axially aligned transverse fans (70) are disposed in axially parallel juxtaposition within compartment (120). The use of transverse fans results in a substantially uniform evaporator outlet temperature profile across the length of the evaporator.
Claims4
A refrigerated merchandiser system comprising:
- an insulated cabinet defining a product display area and having a compartment separate from product display area;
- an air circulation circuit connecting said product display area and said compartment in air flow communication;
- an evaporator disposed within said compartment, said evaporator having a longitudinally extending axis;
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- at least one transverse fan having a longitudinal axis, said at least one fan disposed within said compartment in axially parallel juxtaposition with said evaporator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.