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US 2022/0090838 A1Published application
Refrigerator Cabinet
AssigneeTrue Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsChristian Pizzi, Daniel Pestka
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Abstract
A foot is connected to the bottom wall of a refrigeration cabinet. The foot is selectively movable relative to the bottom wall to adjust a vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall. The bottom wall provides access to the foot from within the interior of the cabinet to allow a user to selectively move the foot to adjust the vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall. A floor glide is connected to the bottom wall and initially protrudes downward from the bottom wall beyond the foot. The floor glide enables the cabinet to slide along a support surface to a deployment position so then the foot can be lowered to support the cabinet at the deployment position on the foot.
Claims22
A refrigeration cabinet, the cabinet comprising:
- walls separating an exterior of the cabinet from an interior of the cabinet that is configured to be refrigerated by a refrigeration system connected to the cabinet, the walls including a bottom wall;
- a foot connected to the bottom wall for supporting the bottom wall on a support surface, the foot being selectively movable relative to the bottom wall to adjust a vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall is configured such that the foot is accessible from within the interior of the cabinet to allow a user to selectively move the foot to adjust the vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
- wherein bottom wall has first, second, third, and fourth corner regions;
- wherein the foot comprises a first foot located at the first corner region, a second foot located at the second corner region, a third foot located at the third corner region, a fourth foot located at the fourth corner region;
- wherein each of the first foot, the second foot, the third foot, and the fourth foot is partially received in a respective access opening extending through a thickness of the bottom wall, wherein the cabinet further comprises a center range gauge configured to be positioned in each of the access openings to provide an indication of a center range position of the respective one of the first foot, the second foot, the third food, and the fourth foot.
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A refrigeration cabinet, the cabinet comprising:
- walls separating an exterior of the cabinet from an interior of the cabinet that is configured to be refrigerated by a refrigeration system connected to the cabinet, the walls including a bottom wall;
- a foot connected to the bottom wall for supporting the bottom wall on a support surface, the foot being selectively movable relative to the bottom wall to adjust a vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
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- a support bracket connected to the bottom wall, wherein the foot is coupled to the support bracket
- wherein the bottom wall is configured such that the foot is accessible from within the interior of the cabinet to allow a user to selectively move the foot to adjust the vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
- wherein the support bracket comprises a threaded opening and the foot comprises a threaded shaft that is threadably received in the threaded opening such that the vertical position of the foot is adjustable by rotating the foot relative to the support bracket;
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- wherein the support bracket comprises a bracket plate and a nut affixed to the bracket plate, the nut defining at least a portion of the threaded opening.
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A method of deploying a refrigeration cabinet, the method comprising:
- positioning the refrigeration cabinet at a deployment location such that the refrigeration cabinet is supported on a support surface;
- adjusting levelness of the refrigeration cabinet at the deployment location by moving at least one of a plurality of feet connected to a bottom wall of the refrigeration cabinet relative to the bottom wall to adjust a vertical position of the bottom wall relative to the support surface, wherein said moving at least one of a plurality of feet comprises accessing said at least one of a plurality of feet through an access opening formed in a bottom wall of the refrigeration cabinet within an interior of the refrigeration cabinet;
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- after adjusting levelness, plugging the access opening with an insulating plug.
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A refrigeration cabinet, the cabinet comprising:
- walls separating an exterior of the cabinet from an interior of the cabinet that is configured to be refrigerated by a refrigeration system connected to the cabinet, the walls including a bottom wall;
- at least one foot connected to the bottom wall and protruding downward from the bottom wall a first distance, the foot being movable relative to the bottom wall along a vertical axis;
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- a floor glide connected to the bottom wall and protruding downward from the bottom wall a second distance greater than the first distance;
- wherein the floor glide is configured to enable the cabinet to slide along a support surface to a deployment position and the at least one foot is configured to be lowered after the cabinet is at the deployment position to raise the floor glide and support the entire cabinet at the deployment position on the at least one foot.
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A refrigeration cabinet, the cabinet comprising:
- walls separating an exterior of the cabinet from an interior of the cabinet that is configured to be refrigerated by a refrigeration system connected to the cabinet, the walls including a bottom wall;
- a foot connected to the bottom wall for supporting the bottom wall on a support surface, the foot being selectively movable relative to the bottom wall to adjust a vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
- a driver configured to automatically drive movement of the foot;
- a level sensor configured to output a signal representative of a level orientation of the cabinet;
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- a controller configured to receive the signal from the level sensor and to actuate the driver based on the signal to move the foot to level the cabinet.
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A refrigeration cabinet, the cabinet comprising:
- walls separating an exterior of the cabinet from an interior of the cabinet that is configured to be refrigerated by a refrigeration system connected to the cabinet, the walls including a bottom wall;
- a foot connected to the bottom wall for supporting the bottom wall on a support surface, the foot being selectively movable relative to the bottom wall to adjust a vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall is configured such that the foot is accessible from within the interior of the cabinet to allow a user to selectively move the foot to adjust the vertical position of the foot with respect to the bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall comprises a foam panel and the foot comprises a shaft extending through the foam panel;
- wherein the bottom wall comprises an access opening extending through the foam panel;
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- wherein the cabinet further comprises a loose insulating plug configured to be inserted into the access opening after the foot has been adjusted to a site-leveled position through the access opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.