Abstract: An insulated cooler having a narrower upper portion and a wider lower portion with a ledge therebetween is transformed into an elegant food dispensing station. A shelf that surrounds the cooler at its upper portion is formed from a horizontal panel with an aperture great enough to pass the upper portion of the cooler and rest on the ledge. The shelf may be provided with features for holding items on its surface such as glasses. It may have features for mounting a skirt that conceals the lower portion of the cooler. The assembly may include a rolling cart that is also concealed by the skirt to provide a complete self-contained dispensing station for parties.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a safety cabinet with an interior that is enclosed by a housing and a housing front side with a work opening that can be closed with a height-adjustable window. The safety cabinet contains an operating unit for controlling device functions which is integrated into the housing. The operating unit comprises at least one rocker button, the button assignment of which changes depending on the operating state of the safety cabinet in such a way that a certain device function can be controlled in the respective operating state by actuating a button of the rocker button.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel cabinet cooler. The cabinet cooler has an open housing defined by a lower wall, a rear wall, opposite side walls, and a top wall. The lower wall has a plurality of wheels positioned on a bottom thereof so that the cabinet cooler can be easily moved. The lower wall also has a pair of slots therethrough having flexible seals therein such that a wheeled rack can be rolled into the opening of the housing. A door attached to one of the side walls can close the housing once the rack is wheeled into the housing. A plurality of fans pull air over dry ice cell(s) to cool the air within the housing and force the cooled air over the rack, which can hold a plurality of trays capable of holding food.

Abstract: A space saving cooking appliance having a shape that conserves counter space and/or room space with either a prism shaped outer case that has an apex in the rear to match a corner, or a flat back that can be pushed up against a wall. The front of the appliance can be curved forming a part of an ellipse or circle. The cooking space inside the appliance can be cylindrical. On the front of the arcuate surface there can be a door that completes the arcuate surface when it closes, and on its inner side is shaped so that it completes the cylindrical cooking space when it is closed. Auxiliary side appliances can be located left and right of the main cooking area. These auxiliary appliances can be stacked and can be of many different types including a toaster, rotisserie, grill, broiler, BBQ, egg cooker, coffee maker.

Abstract: The present application relates to a flexible fan module. The flexible fan module is to utilize the concept of male-female type connection to modulize a fan assembly, thereby not only having a concise mechanism and rapidly dismantling a fan main unit, but also being easily applicable in the number of one or more fan modules to the mechanism of a target device of which heat is desired to be dissipated, such as to the main housing of a personal computer, wherein no other designs of fixing mechanism are needed. The flexible fan module comprises: a fan main unit; a female member for fixing the flexible fan module on the target device; a female connecting member for connecting the female member to the fan main unit; a male member closely fitting into the female member; a handler member, wherein the handler member is connected to the fan main unit by penetrating the male member.

Abstract: A chassis arrangement that minimizes lateral flame spread from card to card within the chassis, and increases heat dissipation from the chassis, comprising a heat sink attached to the inside of the chassis cover to dissipate excess heat from within the chassis, and PCB shields disposed between the circuit cards of the chassis and acting in concert with the heat sink to act as physical and thermal barriers to prevent lateral flame spread from card to card due to flame and hot gas wrap-around.

Abstract: A top cover for an electronic equipment cabinets where the top cover is made of upper and lower synthetic resin panels which are welded at their edges to form an air chamber therebetween. The upper panel is domed while the lower panel has a corrugated like structure. Access ports are provided which may be sealed shut. Rain directing berms are also provided to direct rain to the corners of the cover and away from access doors to a sealed electronic equipment chamber in the cabinet. A lateral air and water exhaust duct extending the width of the cover is provided as a path for exhaust air from a heat exchanger which normally moves in one direction but under high wind conditions may move in the opposite direction and for allowing the passage of rain water from one side of the cabinet to the opposite side.

Abstract: A fastenerless clip attaches a system component to the inside of a chassis of a computer system. The clip is detachably mountable and includes a clip body with a resilient portion to provide a compressive force that securely holds the system component in position against a face of the chassis. The fastenerless clip is useful in attaching rotary cooling fans to a lateral face of a computer system chassis.

Abstract: A fan module including: two or more individual fans, each fan having an air movement means and a motor engaged with the air movement means for accelerating air entering each of the two or more individual fans; a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature associated with the two or more fans and for outputting a first signal corresponding to the temperature; rotational speed sensor for outputting a second signal corresponding to a rotational speed of each of the two or more fans; and a processor for receiving the first and second signals and controlling the two or more individual fans based on the first and second signals.

Abstract: A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a sterilizing lamp for emitting light for sterilizing germs such as bacteria, etc. contained in the gas in the apparatus. The sterilizing lamp comprises an ultraviolet lamp for emitting ultraviolet rays in which light of 200 nm or less in wavelength is cut off.

Abstract: Apparatus for preventing the unwanted changing of the temperature range setting of an air conditioner unit. The shaft of a unit's thermostat is passed through a first panel and a control knob is mounted upon the distal end of the shaft. A raised second panel is placed over the first panel having an opening for rotatably receiving the body of the control knob. A radially extended arm is mounted upon the control knob so that it swings over an arcuate path of travel between the panels as the shaft turns. Spaced apart holes are formed in one of the panels along the arcuate path of travel and stop pins are removably mounted in said holes on either side of the arm to control the range of movement of the shaft and thus the operating range of the air conditioner.

Abstract: A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, such as motors, transformers, reactors, and capacitors, having an arc resistant cabinet, swaged internal electrical connections, a one-piece self-aligning withdrawable finger cluster, a pull-out instrument compartment, a load discharge device, cast fuse holders, disconnect switch, a switch illuminator, low power current transformers, and an optical temperature measuring system. The arc resistant cabinet relies on the pressure generated by an arc fault to provide the sealing action to contain the fault forces. The cabinet's rear panels are inside the cabinet and the panel lips mate to edges of the cabinet opening. The front doors each have a series of latching tabs along one side and a hinge along the opposing side. A dimple-in-a-dimple joint provides shear strength for panel joints. At the top of the cabinet is an exhaust vent.

Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus, and a method, for providing increased cooling air flow for a computer, particularly a thin server mounted in an enclosure (e.g., a cabinet). The thin server has holes in one side thereof, in addition to holes in the front and back, for increased vent openings for air flow, especially for exit of warmed air. The apparatus includes a spacer rail along the one side of the thin server having the holes, the spacer rail exposing the holes. In mounting the thin server in a cabinet, the spacer rail, and the side of the thin server opposite the side having the holes, are fastened to (supported by) the sides of the cabinet, to mount the thin server in the cabinet.

Abstract: The cabinet cooler has an open housing defined by a lower wall, a rear wall, opposite side walls, and a top wall. The lower wall has a plurality of wheels positioned on a bottom thereof so that the cabinet cooler can be easily moved. The lower wall also has a pair of slots therethrough having flexible seals therein such that a wheeled rack can be rolled into the opening of the housing. A door attached to one of the side walls can close the housing once the rack is wheeled into the housing. A plurality of fans pull air over dry ice cell(s) to cool the air within the housing and force the cooled air over the rack, which can hold a plurality of trays capable of holding food.

Abstract: A proofer (10) is disclosed for making yeast-raised baked goods having an extended shelf life. The proofer includes a proofing chamber (12) in which heat, humidity, and airflow are more uniform. A process is provided for proofing the raw dough to provide an extended shelf life yeast-raised product Additionally, an extended shelf life product is provided.

Abstract: A vault for storing collectibles has a system for forcibly entering an incoming air, which after it has been filtered exits the vault along with undesirable substances trapped in a vault chamber.

Abstract: The chuckwagon camp box of this invention includes a portable kitchen comprised of a top lid, drop down front and rear shelves, each of which is separately hinged to a base unit. The underside of the base unit has provisions to removably attach the support legs or permanently attach folding legs. The underside of the base unit also is provided with a plurality of casters to facilitate transport of the camp box. The base unit also includes an integral cooktop accessible from the front shelf and a plurality of work surfaces, multi-purpose compartments and a utensil drawer. Extendable, multi-purpose racks may be withdrawn from both ends of the base unit to serve as towel racks or shelves with the attachment of the included covering trays. A dishwashing center accessible from the rear shelf is also provided. The front and rear shelves are separated by an upstanding, transverse panel in the box, so that the front cooking area and rear washing areas are functionally isolated, separate work stations.

Abstract: Clips for restraining furniture doors from both vertical and horizontal movement during shipping and handling are provided. A clip includes an elongated base member having opposite first and second sides. A pair of elongated first and second panels extend outwardly from the base member first side in spaced-apart, opposing relationship. The first and second panels are configured to removably secure a portion of a furniture frame. An elongated third panel extends outwardly from the base member second side and is configured to engage an end portion of a furniture door and removably secure the door against the base member second side such that vertical and horizontal movement of the door relative to the frame is restrained.

Abstract: A low profile highly accessible computer enclosure with a processor plenum for cooling high power processors is disclosed. The enclosure includes one or more air movement devices that discharge air into a plenum. The plenum channels the air to a location proximate to one or more high power processors where it is discharged over the processors. The velocity of the air is sufficient to achieve a convection coefficient that will cool the high power processors. The enclosure can also be slidably mounted in a computer rack and include a multi-section top cover. While the computer is operating, an operator can access, inspect, service, repair, or replace components within server by sliding the server out of the front and/or rear of the computer rack and then removing one or more of the cover sections.

Abstract: A printed circuit board is formed with a heat transfer region and at least one via in thermal communication with the region that transfers heat to the at least one region. A chassis is placed in thermal contact with the region so as to receive and dissipate heat from the region. A heat generating component is mounted on the printed circuit board so as to be in thermal communication with the at least one via. Thus, the heat generated by the component is transferred by the via to the region and subsequently dissipated by the chassis via convection.

Abstract: A temperature and/or humidity controlled cabinet includes an environmentally controlled compartment having a main access opening and a swing door that is configured to selectively permit access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment via at least a portion of the main access opening and to close off access to the inside of the temperature controlled compartment via at least a portion of the main access opening. The cabinet further includes at least one sliding door that is defined in a portion of the swing door and that is configured to selectively permit access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment and to close off access to the inside of the environmentally controlled compartment.

Abstract: A thermal bus is provided for cabinets housing high power electronics equipment that includes two spaced-apart horizontally oriented parallel evaporators interconnected in flow communication with a condenser. Each evaporator is mounted in a support having a central recess and each having a tube having a capillary wick disposed on an internal surface and being mounted within the central recess of the support. Each of the tubes includes a closed distal end and a closed proximal end with a liquid-working fluid entrance port located at the closed proximal end of the first tube and a vaporous-working fluid exit port located at the closed proximal end of the second tube. A duct defining a central passageway and having a capillary wick disposed on the walls of the central passageway is disposed in fluid communication with the first tube and the second tube.

Abstract: A computing system includes a frame and a drive mounting structure for mounting one or more drive units within the computing system, with the drive mounting structure being pivotally and removably mounted on the frame to move between an operating position, in which an internal end of a drive unit mounted within the drive mounting structure is held within the computing system, and a service position, in which the internal end of the drive unit extends outward from the computing system. In the service position, access is provided to an open end of the drive mounting structure, into which the drive unit can be installed, to the internal end of the drive unit, for attachment of a cable, and to a side of the drive mounting structure, through which fasteners are driven to mount the drive unit within the drive mounting structure.

Abstract: A cooling unit having a fan and a heat sink thermally connected to a heat generating component. The heat sink includes a receptacle in which the fan is contained, a plurality of air paths which are arranged to surround an outer peripheral portion of the fan, and through which the air exhausted from the outer peripheral portion flows, and at least one partition which divides the respective air paths into a plurality of regions. The partition extends toward a downstream of the air paths from the outer peripheral portion of the fan.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel cabinet cooler. The cabinet cooler has an open housing defined by a lower wall, a rear wall, opposite side walls, and a top wall. The lower wall has a plurality of wheels positioned on a bottom thereof so that the cabinet cooler can be easily moved. The lower wall also has a pair of slots therethrough having flexible seals therein such that a wheeled rack can be rolled into the opening of the housing. A door attached to one of the side walls can close the housing once the rack is wheeled into the housing. A plurality of fans pull air over dry ice cell(s) to cool the air within the housing and force the cooled air over the rack, which can hold a plurality of trays capable of holding food.

Abstract: An electronic component cooling apparatus is provided that can prevent a reduction in a heat dissipation effect on an electronic component with a pushing force toward a heat sink thereof being applied to the opposite wall of a casing thereof. Pushing force transferring sections 37 for transferring a pushing force from mounting tools 35 to a heat sink 3 through contact with leading ends of radiation fins 11 are integrally formed on a pair of wall sections 25a of a casing 21. The pushing force transfer sections 37 have a shape that can distribute the pushing force and transfer distributed force to the heat sink 3 so as to prevent a force applied to an electronic component MPU by the pushing force from being locally and extremely increased.

Abstract: Apparatus for removably supporting a front cover upon an air conditioning unit. The cover includes a top wall and a bottom wall that are separated by a given distance at the rear opening of the cover. The top wall includes a hanger for rotatably mounting the top wall of the cover at the rear opening upon the top edge of a support member mounted upon the unit. A horizontally disposed rib is mounted upon the base pan of the unit beneath the top edge of the support member and the bottom surface of the rib is located a given distance from the top edge of the support member that is substantially equal to the given distance between the top and bottom walls of the cover at the rear opening so that the cover can be secured over the support member and rib when it is brought to a closed position. A stop is provided to locate the cover in the closed position and magnets are employed to latch the cover in the closed position.

Abstract: The electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a heat generating component and a heat sink. The housing can be displaced between a first usage form in which a ventilation port is set maintained in a standard opening shape and a second usage form in which the ventilation port is expanded to be larger than the standard opening shape. The heat sink has a plurality of heat radiation fins. The heat radiation range of the heat radiation fins expands when the housing is displaced from the first usage form to the second usage form and is reduced when the housing is displaced from the second usage form to the first usage form.

Abstract: A cooling system for an electronic device including a heat generating component within a case, wherein the heat generating component is installed on a bottom plate of the case, the bottom plate has a ventilating hole for air passage formed therein, and a foot portion installed outer surface of the case for maintaining a prescribed vertically opened space below the lower surface of the case.

Abstract: Apparatus for removably supporting a front cover upon an air conditioning unit. The cover includes a top wall and a bottom wall that are separated by a given distance at the rear opening of the cover. The top wall includes a hanger for rotatably mounting the top wall of the cover at the rear opening upon the top edge of a support member mounted upon the unit. A horizontally disposed rib is mounted upon the base pan of the unit beneath the top edge of the support member and the bottom surface of the rib is located a given distance from the top edge of the support member that is substantially equal to the given distance between the top and bottom walls of the cover at the rear opening so that the cover can be secured over the support member and rib when it is brought to a closed position. A stop is provided to locate the cover in the closed position and magnets are employed to latch the cover in the closed position.

Abstract: Apparatus for preventing the removal of control knobs from the control section of a machine. Each knob includes a body section and a radially expanded flange at the lower end of the body section. The knob engages a control shaft of a controllable machine component that passes upwardly through a first panel so that the flange is positioned adjacent to the panel. A second panel having an opening for rotatably containing the body section of the knob is passed over the knob and, when secured in place over the first panel, captures the flange between the panels.

Abstract: This hinged adjustable component holder for electronic component cabinets relies on a holster with adjustable brackets for holding a wide variety of types and sizes of gateway devices. The holster is provided with openings on all sides to allow heat venting by a wide variety of types and sizes of gateway devices. It is also hingably connected to the component cabinet in which it is mounted so that it can be easily and simply swung in and out for mounting, adjustment, and repair purposes. Further, the holster is provided with a spacing element connecting its hinge and its body so that ample space for connecting cables is left between the gateway device and the component cabinet. Finally, the holster is firmly held in position when swung into place in the component cabinet, but can be easily detached when opened by simply lifting it off of its hinges.

Abstract: A light column assembly including a hollow tube, a first endcap, a first optical lighting film, a second optical lighting film, and at least one light source is provided. The hollow tube includes a rear wall having an inner surface, a front wall extending opposite the rear wall, a first end, and a second end. The tube front wall also has an inner surface. The first endcap is coupled to the tube first end and includes a reflective inner surface. The first optical lighting film overlies the tube rear wall. The second optical lighting film overlies the tube front wall. The light source is coupled to the tube second end and positioned to direct a light beam having a predetermined beam spread angle toward the first endcap such that the light source light is substantially evenly emitted from the tube through the tube front wall.

Abstract: A cabinet for a refrigerator is formed from a twin sheet thermoformed panel (1) divided into a plurality of wall sections, (8, 9, 10) by seams (6) where the twin sheets (2, 3) contact. The panel is folded to form the rear (10) and two side walls (8, 9) of a refrigerator cabinet, and top end cap and a base plinth are fitted to retain the walls in position. Refrigeration system components are carried on the base plinth. The walls (8, 9) and back (10) are secured by having their upper and lower edges (25, 30) fitted within peripheral channels (28, 29) on the top end cap (20) and the base plinth (21). Additionally they may be further secured by fusing contacting portions (65, 76) of the inner sheet of the panel in the region adjacent folded seams (6). The panel is preferably filled with rigid insulating foam while still supported on the thermoforming mold.

Abstract: A reinforced structure of the front lower panel for a package air conditioner may comprise a front lower panel, which is mounted on the front lower portion of the indoor unit of the air conditioner having a blower device for air circulation, evaporator coils for heat exchange, permitting the air inside the interior space to flow into the indoor unit for passing across the evaporator coils through the air inlets 12 and 12′, and includes the reinforcement structures formed on the inner corner portion between a front frame 11a and a side portion of the frame 11c having air guides 20 of the front lower panel 11, to strengthen the structural rigidity of the frames.

Abstract: A modular panel for forming part of an enclosure for an appliance of the type which is manufacturable in a plurality of sizes requiring one or more modular panels. The panel includes a main planar section having first and second substantially parallel edges. First and second flanges are integrally formed with the main section and extend rearwardly from the first and second edges, respectively. The first and second flanges are parallel to one another and each has an inner and outer facing surface. The outer facing surface of the first flange is provided with integrally formed hinge elements which together define a first axis. The outer surface of the second flange is provided with integrally formed mating hinge elements spaced from one another the same distance as the first hinge elements and together defining a second axis parallel to the first axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for cooling a computer component in a computer system. Some embodiments include single or multiple panels hinged to a chassis of the computer system to carry, locate, and temporarily reposition cooling fans within the computer system. Some disclosed methods provide for cooling of computer components through various combinations of cooling fans that are employed to move air into the system and subsequently move air over components of the system.

Abstract: A mounting structure for communication equipment comprises two housings (a main body portion and a fixing portion) which are designed to be separable from each other, and the fixing portion is equipped with a heat exchanger for heat-exchanging heat generated in the main body portion with cold air, thereby radiating the heat from the inside of the main body portion to the outside.

Abstract: A ventless humidity cabinet system with entry window includes operating elements for providing an evenly heated humid air supply to products, such as food products, and utilizes any combination of air curtain fans, water tanks, inlet water lines, water inlet valves, wet heating elements, dry heating elements, water temperature probes, air temperature probes, air humidity probes, water level sensors, lower drain valves and a control computer.

Abstract: An apparatus cabinet comprising one or more equipment bays, and at least one apparatus unit emitting heat in the equipment bay, the apparatus cabinet further comprising one or more inlets for drawing cooling air into the apparatus cabinet for cooling said apparatus unit, and one or more outlets for dissipating the air used for cooling from the apparatus cabinet, and the apparatus cabinet comprising a pressurization space and one or more fans interconnected to the pressurization space for changing the air pressure in the pressurization space to be different from the air pressure in the equipment bay, and a partition for separating the equipment bay and the pressurization space at least partly from one another, the partition comprising one or more air nozzles for conveying the air between the pressurization space and the equipment bay.

Abstract: Clips for restraining furniture doors from both vertical and horizontal movement during shipping and handling are provided. A clip includes an elongated base member having opposite first and second sides. A pair of elongated first and second panels extend outwardly from the base member first side in spaced-apart, opposing relationship. The first and second panels are configured to removably secure a portion of a furniture frame. An elongated third panel extends outwardly from the base member second side and is configured to engage an end portion of a furniture door and removably secure the door against the base member second side such that vertical and horizontal movement of the door relative to the frame is restrained.

Abstract: A modular cooling component for installation in multi-component-bay electronic devices. The modular cooling component includes multiple cooling fans, each positioned to produce an air stream within a component bay of a multi-component-bay electronic device. The cooling fans are internally wired and interconnected to signal lines and power supply lines of the electronic device through a plastic plug-type electrical connector. The modular cooling component is held in place by a thumbscrew.

Abstract: A reinforced structure of the front lower panel for a package air conditioner may comprise a front lower panel, which is mounted on the front lower portion of the indoor unit of the air conditioner having a blower device for air circulation, evaporator coils for heat exchange, permitting the air inside the interior space to flow into the indoor unit for passing across the evaporator coils through the air inlets 12 and 12′, and includes the reinforcement means formed on the inner corner portion between a front frame 11a and a side portion of the frame 11a having air guides 20 of the front lower panel 11, to strengthen the structural rigidity of the frames.

Abstract: A convertible furniture assembly having a bed frame pivotally coupled to a base assembly. The bed frame is pivotally moveable between a upright position and a lowered position. A computer workstation is further coupled to the base assembly and adapted for supporting and stowing a computer monitor and related computer accessories even when the bed frame is in the lowered position. The present invention eliminates the need to provide a computer workstation separate from a bed assembly.

Abstract: A stand-alone refrigeration enclosure is comprised of a sealed housing having a solid floor, a roof and sidewalls. Air conditioning equipment is provided in the housing to maintain an internal predetermined temperature range in the housing during seasonal periods. Refrigeration, electrical and auxiliary equipment is disposed in the housing and accessible for maintenance from outside the housing through access doors. Surveillance and monitoring equipment is also provided in the housing for remote visual access and control of the equipment. The housing is also provided with a shielding enclosure to shield a working person from inclement weather conditions when working on the equipment from outside the enclosure through access doors.

Abstract: A surgical warming system heats medical items of various sizes, independently and simultaneously for immediate use. The warming system includes a plurality of compartments, each separately heated and controlled. The compartments may be modular and stackable, or multiple compartments of varying size may be formed into a single cabinet structure so as to receive different sized intravenous bags or bottles. Each compartment is heated by forcing a controlled mix of recycled and outside air through a heating chamber and then into the compartment. Each compartment includes a heating unit and controller allowing the simultaneous maintenance of different temperatures.

Abstract: A case assembly for computer mainframe is constructed to include a rectangular hollow shell holding a motherboard, a power supply housing perpendicularly fastened to the rectangular hollow shell at one side of the motherboard and partially protruding over the open side of the rectangular hollow shell, the power supply housing holding an electric fan for dissipation of heat, and a board covered on the open side of the rectangular hollow shell and stopped against the power supply housing, the board having an air conduit adapted for guiding air from the electric fan to air vents on the peripheral wall of the rectangular hollow shell for quick dissipation of heat during the operation of the motherboard.

Abstract: A ventless humidity cabinet system with entry window includes operating elements for providing an evenly heated humid air supply to products, such as food products, and utilizes any combination of air curtain fans, water tanks, inlet water lines, water inlet valves, wet heating elements, dry heating elements, water temperature probes, air temperature probes, air humidity probes, water level sensors, lower drain valves and a control computer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wall-mounted type microwave oven suspended on an installation surface, including a main body formed with a cooking chamber and a component chamber, an outer casing enclosing the main body, defining an outer appearance of the microwave oven, and a grill member installed between the main body and the outer casing, comprising at least one bracket having one end coupled to the main body and the other end coupled to the installation surface together with the planar surface of the outer casing; and a plurality of fastening members for coupling the reinforcement bracket and the outer casing to the installation surface. With this configuration, there is provided a microwave oven capable of being easily mounted in suspension structure where there is no cabinet having an installation space.

Abstract: A computer is disclosed having a flat panel display device and a disk drive unit, each pivotable between a closed position wherein they serve as covers for the housing of the computer, and an open position, wherein access is provided to the internal components of the computer, including a motherboard and drive assemblies housed in the disk drive unit.