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US 9,750,355 B1Granted
Refrigerated merchandise display system
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsChristian Stolarz, Praveen Kumar Nooli, Martin Broen, Stephen Lim
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Abstract
A merchandise display system for storing and dispensing merchandise is provided. The merchandise display system includes an outer housing, a transparent front door, a refrigeration unit, and a door that includes an extended canopy. The merchandise display system also includes a front grille for a refrigeration system having, a surface adjacent a curved surface.
Claims14
A front grille for a refrigeration unit, the grille comprising:
- an outer portion having a substantially planar surface and a curved surface;
- an air inlet positioned on a first side of the grille between the substantially planar surface and the curved surface;
- an air outlet positioned on a second side of the grille between the substantially planar surface and the curved surface;
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- an interior portion including a partition placed between the air inlet and the air outlet to separate inlet air flowing through the air inlet from outlet air flowing through the air outlet.
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A refrigerated merchandise display system, the display system comprising:
- a refrigeration unit;
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- an outer housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, a back wall, and an interior lower wall, the refrigeration unit being positioned within a refrigeration compartment between the side walls, the back wall, the bottom wall, and the interior lower wall, and a merchandise compartment being positioned between the side walls, the back wall, the top wall, and the interior lower wall;
- a transparent door positioned across the merchandise compartment;
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- a grille positioned across the refrigeration compartment, the grille including:
- an outer portion having a substantially planar surface and a curved surface;
- an air inlet positioned on a first side of the grille between the substantially planar surface and the curved surface;
- an air outlet positioned on a second side of the grille between the substantially planar surface and the curved surface;
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- an interior portion including a partition placed between the air inlet and the air outlet to separate inlet air flowing through the air inlet from outlet air flowing through the air outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.