Cooling apparatus

Details Cooling apparatus Cooling apparatus

2006-01-31

2006-01-31

Tapolcai, William E. (Department: 3744)

Refrigeration

Display type

With air controlling or directing means

C062S426000, C454S193000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06990824

ABSTRACT:
A cooling apparatus for such things as convenience foods and beverages has a tilted, open faced bed from which persons may select objects. The apparatus is self-contained, and may run from a standard, single phase electrical outlet. It may be carried by two people, and is suitable for mounting either on its own base in a recess in a checkout counter or other similar installation. The open faced be may have a channel depth of section that is relatively deep as compared with to its width, the flow path length, or the depth of the flow released to run along the channel, thereby tending to discourage mixing of the cooled flow with the surrounding ambient environment. The apparatus may include a two piece molded housing that defines the structural skeleton for both the cooling bed and a lodgement for various elements of the cooling system. The bed may include a porous deck, or drain panels, that may tend to encourgare cooled air to drain toward a cooling plenum intake panel. The bed may include a pooling region adjacent to the air intake plenum in which cooler, less buoyant air may collect.

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