Refrigerator Cabinet with Door Defogger
OwnerAlbert Weissinventor
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Abstract
A refrigerated cabinet defines a product space and a door that controls access to the product space. The refrigerated cabinet includes a heat pump assembly configured to cool air by circulating a cooling medium through an evaporator and a cooler. The refrigerated cabinet includes a fan disposed to move air cooled by the heat pump through the product space. The refrigerated cabinet is configured so that the air that is heated when passing through the cooler is directed outside the cooling cabinet with the assistance of at least one air guide element that is formed in such a manner that the air directed to the outside sweeps past an outer side of the door of the refrigerated cabinet.
Claims18
Refrigerated cabinet defined by a main frame that defines a product space in the interior thereof, the refrigerated cabinet comprising:
- a door carried by the main frame and moveable between an open position and a closed position so as to control access to the product space, the door defining an outer side disposed outside the cabinet when the door is disposed in the closed position;
- a heat pump assembly carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the main frame, the heat pump assembly being configured to cool air and including an evaporator and a condenser;
- a first fan carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the frame, the first fan being configured to move the cool air through the product space;
- a second fan carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the frame, the second fan being configured to move air past the condenser to become a heated air flow;
- a cavity disposed within the main frame and defining an outlet communicating outside the refrigerated cabinet, the cavity being configured to carry the heated air flow from the condenser to the outlet of the cavity;
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- an air guide element disposed at the outlet of the cavity and configured to guide the heated air flow to the outer side of the door.
Refrigerated cabinet defined by a main frame that defines a product space in the interior thereof, the refrigerated cabinet comprising:
- a first door carried by the main frame and moveable between an open position and a closed position so as to control access to the product space, the first door defining an outer side disposed outside the cabinet when the first door is disposed in the closed position;
- a second door carried by the main frame and moveable between an open position and a closed position so as to control access to the product space, the second door defining an outer side disposed outside the cabinet when the second door is disposed in the closed position;
- a first heat pump assembly carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the main frame, the first heat pump assembly being configured to cool air and including a first evaporator and a first condenser;
- a second heat pump assembly carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the main frame, the second heat pump assembly being configured to cool air and including a second evaporator and a second condenser;
- a first fan carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the frame, the first fan being configured to move the cool air through the product space;
- a second fan carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the frame, the second fan being configured to move the cool air through the product space;
- a third fan carried by the main frame and disposed within the interior of the frame, the third fan being configured to move air past the first condenser to become a first heated air flow, the third fan being configured to move air past the second condenser to become a second heated air flow;
- a first cavity disposed within the main frame and defining a first outlet communicating outside the refrigerated cabinet, the first cavity being configured to carry the first heated air flow from the first condenser to the first outlet of the first cavity;
- a second cavity disposed within the main frame and defining a second outlet communicating outside the refrigerated cabinet, the second cavity being configured to carry the second heated air flow from the second condenser to the second outlet of the second cavity;
- a first air guide element disposed at the first outlet of the first cavity and configured to guide the first heated air flow in a direction parallel to the outer side of the first door;
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- a second air guide element disposed at the second outlet of the second lower and configured to guide the second heated air flow in a direction parallel to the outer side of the second door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.