Temperature-controlled storage system
AssigneeTellurex Corporation
InventorCharles J. Cauchy
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Abstract
A temperature-controlled storage system has a compartment with a front wall containing a first heat exchanger, a heat pump for transferring heat to or removing heat from the first heat exchanger and a removable, portable container nested in the compartment such that a second heat exchanger provided in a front wall of the container is in thermal communication with the first heat exchanger. By controlling the operation of the heat pump, the insides of the container can be cooled or heated as desired.
Claims21
A temperature-controlled storage system comprising:
- a housing enclosing a compartment for receiving a removable, portable container therein, said compartment comprising a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, a bottom wall and a first heat exchange member forming at least a part of the front wall;
- heat pump means for transferring heat to or removing heat from said first heat exchange member;
- and the removable, portable container, said container comprising a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, a bottom wall, a top wall and a second heat exchange member provided in the container front wall for thermally communicating with the first heat exchange member.
A removable portable container for regulating the temperature of items contained therein, said container comprising a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, a bottom wall, a top wall, a heat exchange member provided in the container front wall and a thermally conductive member provided inside said container and in thermal communication with the heat exchange member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.