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US 5,664,435 AGranted
See-through refrigerator/freezer
OwnerGlenn Bassukinventor
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Abstract
A see-through refrigerator/freezer is provided which consists of a cabinet having a plurality of compartments for storing food items therein and a plurality of transparent doors, each located in front of each compartment. A person can look into each compartment before opening the respective transparent door to retrieve the food items therefrom.
Claims14
A see-through refrigerator/freezer which comprises:
- a) a cabinet having:
- i) a plurality of compartments for storing food items therein;
- ii) an insulated bottom wall;
- iii) an insulated back wall extending upwardly from said insulated bottom wall;
- iv) a pair of insulated side walls, each extending upwardly from said insulated bottom wall;
- v) an insulated top wall extending over said insulated back wall and said insulated side walls;
- vi) an insulated interior vertical partition extending upwardly between said insulated bottom wall and said insulated top wall;
- vii) a plurality of insulated interior horizontal partitions, each spaced apart and extending between said insulated side walls thereby forming each said compartment therein;
- viii) an insulated front wall extending upwardly between said insulated bottom wall and said insulated top wall, said insulated front wall having a plurality of openings, each located at each of said compartments, so as to retain one of said transparent doors thereat;
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- ix) a evaporator located in said insulated bottom wall and said insulated back wall to keep the food items at a proper temperature to prevent spoilage;
- b) a plurality of transparent doors, each located in front of each said compartment, so that a person can look into each said compartment before opening said respective transparent door to retrieve the food items therefrom;
- c) a plurality of rotatable shelves, each located within a compartment in said cabinet and each being a circular plate having an annular lip about its perimeter to prevent the food items thereon from falling off said circular plate;
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- d) means for rotating each said rotatable shelf by the person, so that the person can better retrieve the desired food item therefrom, said rotating means including a centrally located ball bearing assembly to rotatably support said rotatable shelf on one said insulated interior horizontal partition within one said compartment.
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