Cooling apparatus
AssigneeScotsway Limited
InventorAlan Price
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus, such as a consumer display unit (400), comprises a covered tray (403) or other compartment for accommodating consumer product to be kept cool, and a housing (420) for accommodating a replaceable charge of dry ice out of contact with the product. A tubular element (421) communicates between the covered tray and the housing (420) to allow cold air and carbon dioxide to flow from the dry ice to the product.
Claims11
A cooling apparatus comprising a tray for accommodating a consumer product to be kept cool, the tray having an open top, a transparent dome covering the open top of the tray, at least one opening in the dome to allow consumer access to the product in the tray without removing the dome, a housing for accommodating a replaceable charge of solid coolant out of contact with the product, and a passageway between an interior of the housing and the interior of the dome to allow cold gas to flow from the solid coolant to the product.
A cooling apparatus comprising a container for at least one product to be kept cool, the container having a removable lid, a housing for accommodating a replaceable charge of solid coolant out of contact with the at least on product, said housing being accommodated within the lid, said housing having a base, and at least one aperture in the base of the housing to allow cold gas to flow from the solid coolant to the at least one product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.