Abstract: A heat transfer apparatus designed to control the temperature of objects placed within the apparatus over a wide temperature range of 42 to 180 degrees F. utilizing as a heating and cooling source a combined heating and air conditioning system of the type which control the temperature of a living space over only a typically narrow temperature range of between 65 and 80 degrees F. While serving as the source for the heat transfer apparatus, the combined heating and air conditioning system can continue to serve its primary function of controlling the temperature of a living space without difficulty. In a preferred embodiment, no internal modification of the heating and air-conditioning system is required for it to operate with the present invention as well as perform its primary function.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable storage unit for food or drink items which is adapted for mounting over an air ventilator of an air-conditioner or heating unit, thus allowing items stored within to be cooled or heated, as desired. Additionally, in a preferred embodiment, the unit of the present invention is formed of an insulating material thus allowing the user to remove the device from the vehicle and transport the stored items without the need for a conventional cooler.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling or warming a beverage container positioned in a flow of conditioned (cooled or warmed) air from a ventilation outlet. The apparatus includes a beverage container holder portion having a brace portion to clasp a beverage container and an attaching member portion that together are configured to position the beverage container in the flow of air from the ventilation outlet. A flexible cover can be used optionally with the beverage container holder portion and attaching member portion to direct and circulate air around a beverage container. Moreover, the cover provides a convenient place for the display of logos or advertising.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for dispensing soft serve frozen confections such as ice creams and yogurts. A collapsible container is adapted to contain a frozen confection and is formed to include an outlet of sufficient size to permit extrusion of frozen confection into an outlet conduit. The apparatus also includes a cold storage locker to cool the container and any frozen confection contained therein and maintain the frozen confection at a predetermined tempered subfreezing temperature to preserve the frozen confection in a soft serve condition. A compressive force, such as may be applied by a piston moved in a cylinder, causes extrusion of the frozen confection from the container into the outlet conduit. A dispensing spigot is connected to the outlet conduit to permit service of the frozen confection at the predetermined tempered subfreezing temperature.

Abstract: Means for cooling drinks, especially soft drinks and beer contained in cans, aboard a running motor vehicle, in correspondence of air gratings of the passenger compartment of said motor vehicle. It comprises, on the one hand, a support (1) consisting of a wire, bent at is center, so as to define a housing to contain a can (11) or the like, and whose ends (6), projecting at right angles from said housing, slightly diverging and elastically strainable, from elements, which can be inserted and engaged in the openings of an air grating (8) in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, on the other hand, a strip or cover (10) of soakable material, to be applied wet to the can (11) or the like before putting it on said support, exposed to the air jet going out through said grating (8).

Abstract: A refrigerated container for the storage of lipsticks. The device is sized to fit on one's bureau at home and the device includes various compartments to segregate individual lipsticks for storage as well as a section specifically for cooling the individual lipsticks prior to storage, after use.

Abstract: A ventilator-mounted receptacle having a body including a base and a plurality of upstanding wall sections joined to the base and to adjacent edges extending from the base to define a chamber which houses an upright container for holding food, drink or the like. The receptacle is supported by a ventilator cover, cover nozzle and rigid receiver adjacent an air conditioner ventilator, particularly in a vehicle and conditioned air from the ventilator is introduced to the chamber through the cover nozzle and the receiver. The ventilator cover may be mounted on a ventilator by at least one threaded mounting bolt and nut, the mounting bolt extending through a mounting aperture in the ventilator cover, and either clamped or tied to a louver of the ventilator.

Abstract: A refrigerator comprising side-by-side freezer and fresh food storage compartments cooled to their respective low and high operating temperatures by the circulation of streams of below-freezing air thereto includes a storage chamber in the fresh food compartment door maintained at an intermediate temperature by conducting air from the freezer compartment through the chamber.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a freezer compartment with a quick-chilling chamber having a first container section with a door for access to the interior of the container section from outside the freezer compartment and a second air-duct section. There is airflow communication between the first container section and freezer compartment, airflow communication between the second air-duct section and freezer compartment and airflow communication between the first and second sections near the top thereof. There is also provided means for moving air from the freezer compartment in a path through one section and the other section of the quick-chilling chamber and back into the freezer compartment for a selectable period of time. Thermal insulation is provided between the quick-chilling chamber and the freezer compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator, including a freezer compartment and a door for closing the access opening to said compartment. There is an opening through the door and an ice piece receptacle on the inner surface of the freezer door. A closure member is pivotally mounted at the bottom thereof to the door and movable outwardly therefrom and the closure member has side panels secured to the inner surface and extending rearwardly of the closure member. The ice storage receptacle supported on the inner surface of the door has the interior thereof accessible through the opening in the door and the receptacle has a floor movable from a first position when the closure member is closed to a second elevated position when the closure member is opened to permit manual removal of ice pieces from the ice receptacle without opening the door.

Abstract: An improved refrigerator partition bottom closure support frame assembly comprising a pair of side wall sections and a rear wall section whereby the closure may be slidably removed and reinstalled without removal of the closure support. The support frame provides concealed adjustment gaps compensating for tolerance and manufacturing variations so as to reduce assembly time and improve the appearance of the refrigerator.

Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus having a door wherein a food receptacle provided with a closure lid is mounted for selective positioning in a retracted position and in an access position. Positioning structure is provided for positioning the lid of the receptacle automatically away from the receptacle to permit access thereto as an incident of the user moving the receptacle to the access position. The receptacle is pivotally mounted to the door and the lid is pivotally mounted to the receptacle. The receptacle with the lid carried thereon may be removed from the refrigeration apparatus when desired.

Abstract: A whipped-cream dispensing machine is disclosed, in which the component parts are so arranged as to be easily and conveniently dismembered for cleaning and inspection purposes, whereas the timing and switching assemblies for the machine are located in a less accessible location so as to be less exposed to unauthorized manipulation thereof.