Patents Assigned to Inglis Limited
  • Patent number: 4580852
    Abstract: In a refrigerator cabinet having a rolled-form, three-sided wrapper to form the cabinet sides and top, a front liner, a rear panel having a compressor compartment shell, a molded plastic base for interconnecting the wrapper sides, front liner and rear panel with compressor compartment shell. The base has a support portion molded therein to support a compressor within the compressor compartment. The cabinet can be readily assembled where considerable economies in manufacture are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Inglis Limited
    Inventors: Cory T. Smitte, Anton Pichler, Edward McGinnis
  • Patent number: 4580623
    Abstract: An evaporator for refrigeration devices comprises a serpentine tube bundle having a plurality of spaced-apart parallel fins. The tube bundle is arranged to provide sets of tubes in a staggered arrangement to increase the number of tube passes for the height of the evaporator and space the tubes apart to improve efficiency of air flow patterns over the tubes to enhance heat transfer. The fins are made of ultra-thin material of a thickness less than 0.20 millimeters. The fins have an embossed pattern to reinforce the fins through which the tubes extend in appropriately shaped apertures. Due to the thinness of the fins, portions of the fin walls are displaced by inserting the tubes in the apertures to ensure metal to metal contact between the fin and the tubes. The embossed pattern is such to induce turbulence in the air flowing over the fins and tubes to considerably increase the efficiency of the evaporator unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Inglis Limited
    Inventors: Cory T. Smitte, Rico D. Ferrelli
  • Patent number: 4365830
    Abstract: An appliance for cleaning and treating clothes has a housing, a door and a closure for the door. The closure comprises means for impeding access to a handle portion for the door, a catch means for releasably securing the door shut and means for locking the catch means. The impediment means is manually movable to gain access to the handle where such movement releases the catch when unlocked. When the catch means is locked, movement of the impediment means to gain effective handle access is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: Inglis Limited
    Inventor: Philip D. Paulson
  • Patent number: 4262945
    Abstract: An appliance for cleaning and treating clothes has a housing, a door, and a closure for the door. The closure comprises means for impeding access to a handle portion for the door and a catch secured to the means for releasably securing the door shut. The means is manually movable to gain access to the handle and simultaneously releases the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Inglis Limited
    Inventor: Philip D. Paulson