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US 9,429,353 B2Granted
Turbo seal insulated heat fin
AssigneeRytec Corporation
InventorsAndrew Schumacher, Jeffrey Malinowski
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Abstract
An apparatus, a system and a method for removing porting, and using geometry to create a heat soaked surface area in an ice area related to door assemblies. Heat conducting material such as, e.g., aluminum, is used to conduct heat efficiently to prevent icing at the transition point between an end of a door panel and its vertical guide structures in applications where freezer environments must be maintained while permitting ingress into a freezer environment, egress from a freezer environment, or both.
Claims12
A system for preventing icing of a door in a freezer environment, comprising:
- a vertical side column structure comprising a plurality of walls forming a substantially hollow interior therewithin, the plurality of walls comprising heat conducting material;
- a pair of spaced-apart vertical panel supports connected to the vertical side column and guiding a door therebetween;
- one or more fins that extend from an exterior side of the vertical side column structure and extend a distance sufficient to be proximate an end of the door, the one or more fins being in thermal conductive communication with the vertical side column structure;
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- a heat source coupled to the vertical side column structure and supplying heated air into the substantially hollow interior,
- wherein the one or more fins radiates heat that is sufficient to prevent icing in an area proximate the one or more fins and at least one wall of the vertical side column due to the freezer environment,
- wherein the one or more fins comprise a pair of fins that form a gap therebetween and positioned to be proximate an end of the door when installed, and the pair of fins radiate heat proximate the end of the door to prevent icing proximate the end of the door, and
- wherein the pair of fins cover portions of the pair of spaced-apart vertical panel supports surrounding the gap, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.