Provision Safe Patents (Class 454/183)
  • Patent number: 10876782
    Abstract: An air channel assembly (100) and a refrigerator (200) having the same are provided. The air channel assembly (100) includes: a casing (10) provided with an air supply channel (11) and a drainage port (14) therein. The air supply channel (11) has an air inlet (12) and a bottom air supply port (13). An air-supply guide portion (15) configured to lead air to the bottom air supply port (13) and a drainage guide portion (16) configured to lead water to the drainage port (14) are provided adjacent to the bottom air supply port (13). A guide direction of the air-supply guide portion (15) is opposite to a guide direction of the drainage guide portion (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Libin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10451330
    Abstract: Automatic vending machine which cools products for sale. Sale of products not in an appropriate temperature state is prevented. A cooling device executes a partial cooling operation for cooling the product located on a lower side of the plurality of products stored in a product storage chamber when lower space temperature T1 inside the chamber becomes higher than upper-limit value TSu of set temperature range (S1?S2). Then, when the lower space temperature T1 is decreased to a lower-limit value TSL of the set temperature range, the automatic vending machine executes an entire cooling operation for cooling all the plurality of products (S3?S4). Furthermore, when the lower space temperature T1 becomes higher than upper-limit value TSu of the set temperature range during execution of the entire cooling operation, the automatic vending machine stops the entire cooling operation to execute the partial cooling operation (S5?S6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Yuuki Yanagisawa, Yasuhiro Yamazaki, Takashi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8550290
    Abstract: A storage container system comprising an arrangement for adjustable ventilation intended for storing at least one article that is thermally sensitive and/or requires ventilation to the ambient atmosphere. The device includes at least one door and at least one aperture ventilation assembly. The aperture ventilation assembly includes a planar wall aperture array and a corresponding planar shutter aperture array, wherein the sliding relationship between the two arrays results in a plurality of ventilation levels, including a fully open state, and a closed state capable of substantially sealing off the contents of the container from the ambient atmosphere. Certain preferred embodiments include a plurality of storage compartments configured within the container's inner volume wherein each compartment is sealed from one another and possesses its own aperture ventilation assembly for ventilation adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: Robert L. Davis
  • Patent number: 8426721
    Abstract: A photovoltaic receiver comprising an elongated structure bearing a plurality of photovoltaic cells. Said structure carries a plurality of finned dissipators, mounted on which are said photovoltaic cells, and ventilating means, designed to convey a flow of cooling air towards said dissipators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Savio S.p.A.
    Inventors: Aimone Balbo Di Vinadio, Mario Palazzetti
  • Publication number: 20030054752
    Abstract: A vaccum-breaking valve comprising: a tubular body (10) mounted through one of the walls (P) of the cabinet (G) and having inner (11) and outer (12) ends, a valve seat (15) defining a fluid communication between the inside and the outside of cabinet (G); and a seal constantly biased towards a closed position, blocking said fluid communication and dispalceable towards an open valve position. The seal comprises a slide (20), which is axially and slidingly mounted through the valve seat (15) and has a surrounding sealing ring (25), which is seated against the valve seat (15) when the slide (20) is displaced to the closed seal position, the slide (20) being provided with at least one air passage (24) interconnecting the upstream and downstream sides of the valve seat (15) when the slide (20) is in the open seal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Jacqueline Ferrao Lampert Bellini, Guido Garcia Bernardelli, Juarez Medeiros de Souza, Edson Adriano da Silva
  • Patent number: 6336299
    Abstract: A storage floor air vent may comprise at least two vent walls positioned in substantially parallel relation to thereby define a channel; a plurality of angular baffle members, each angular baffle member composed of two segments forming an apex therebetween; the plurality of angular baffle members positioned in between the at least two vent walls in a linear arrangement, with each apex facing upward proximal the top end of each of the at least two vent walls, and each angular baffle member is positioned a distance apart from the adjacent angular baffle member to thereby define an orifice between the segment ends of adjacent angular baffle members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Inventor: Steven D. Wixom