Patents by Inventor Publio Duarte

Publio Duarte has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070137242
    Abstract: An arrangement for air distribution in a freezer compartment of the type closed by a front door (11) and to which is generally mounted, close to a respective rear wall, an air cooling compartment (30) in which an evaporator (40) and a fan (50) are lodged, said arrangement comprising at least one distributing tube (60) provided in an upper portion of the freezer compartment (10) and having: a rear end (61) maintained in fluid communication with the interior of the air cooling compartment (30); a front end (62) disposed in the front region of the freezer compartment (10) adjacent to the front door (11) thereof and provided with at least one front opening (63) facing said front region of the freezer compartment (10) and the region of the front door (11) of the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Multibras S.A. Eletrodomesticos
    Inventors: Marco Marques, Publio Duarte, Moacyr Mezavila
  • Publication number: 20060218962
    Abstract: An airflow control system in refrigerators and freezers, which comprise: a refrigerating compartment (10; an air cooling compartment (20) lodging an (21) and a fan (22); and an air distributing plenum (23), receiving a forced airflow from the fan (22) and having a front wall (24) provided with air passages (25) through which the forced airflow is supplied to the interior of the refrigerating compartment (10), at least part of the air passages (25) provided in the front wall (25) of the air distributing plenum (23) being operatively associated with respective closing means (40), which are selectively displaced to different operative positions, in which they maintain the air passages (25) with a free area dimensioned as a function of the intensity of the forced airflow to
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Multibras S.A. Electrodomesticos
    Inventors: Marco Marques, Publio Duarte