Air Catching Apparatus for a Refrigerated Cabinet
OwnerDavid Turnerinventor
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Abstract
A refrigerated air curtain redirection unit can be retro fitted to the front base of a an existing reach-in commercial open-display refrigerated cabinet, or provided as original built-in equipment for a newly manufactured cabinet to reduce refrigerated air spillage. The unit has a body part that protrudes outwardly of the open frontage of the cabinet at an upward angle and there is an inwardly curved part at its top region whereby an air vortex is formed that acts to draw air from the curtain at its base into an air duct of the cabinet.
Claims9
Air-catching apparatus to limit air spillage from a refrigerated air curtain at the open frontage of a commercial refrigerated reach-in open-display cabinet, wherein the apparatus comprises an air-catching unit at the base of said frontage which protrudes at an angle outwards at the frontage, characterised in that the unit has a top region that is curved inwardly whereby an air vortex is created at said base which acts to direct air from the curtain into the cabinet.
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