With Wiper Or Seal Patents (Class 312/296)
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Publication number: 20130300276Abstract: A drawer assembly for a refrigerator appliance is provided. The drawer assembly includes a bin and a sealing plate configured for sealing the bin when the bin is in a closed position. By sealing the bin, the sealing plate can increase the useful life of food items stored within the bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Bart Andrew Nuss
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Patent number: 8579387Abstract: A glove box with a leakage shielding space (4) comprises a main box body, a view window (8) placed on the main box body, glove ports installed on the view window (8), side panels attached to the main box body, and an antechamber (1) installed on a side panel. Wherein, on at least one of five interfaces, namely, between the main box body and the view window (8), between the main box body and the side panel, between the view window (8) and the glove port, between the glove port and the glove, between the side panel and the antechamber (1), a leakage shielding space (4) is formed, so as to ensure the purity in the operating space of the glove box and to prevent the external environment of the box body from being polluted.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Vigor Gas Separation Equipment Technologies (SIP) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Delong Zhang
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Publication number: 20130293076Abstract: A multipoint door latch apparatus for use in a switchgear enclosure comprising a door assembly, a latch handle and latch handle mechanism, a plurality of catch tabs affixed to the face frame of the enclosure. Top, side, and bottom latch bars in latch bar chambers are provided, each having at least one latch tooth and being linked by latch bar linkages such that a displacement of one latch bar along results in the same magnitude displacement in the other two latch bars. The catch tabs or latch teeth, or both, are tapered to provide a suitable seal between the door assembly and the enclosure when the door assembly is latched.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Harshavardhan M. Karandikar, Radim Dolezal, Robert Karnbach, Rahul Pawar, Patrick Fischer-Carne
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Patent number: 8562084Abstract: A sealing assembly for sealing a corner of an enclosure is disclosed. The sealing assembly includes a substantially rigid bracket and a flexible seal. The bracket includes a first latch and a second latch. The first and second latches are configured for releasable connection to an enclosure adjacent a corner with the first and second latches on opposing sides of said corner. The bracket is configured to provide a force to couple the flexible seal to a corner of an enclosure when the bracket is attached to said enclosure. The flexible seal includes a first surface for coupling to the corner of the enclosure, and a second surface opposite the first surface. At least a portion of the second surface is configured for contact with the bracket. The flexible seal may include a connector for releasable connection to the bracket.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Emerson Network Power, Energy Systems, North America, Inc.Inventor: Simon Shen-Meng Chen
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Publication number: 20130265699Abstract: An electronic device includes a bottom casing, an upper casing, a hinge, and a dust proof casing. The upper casing is assembled to the bottom casing to form a space. The upper casing defines a first opening in one side. The bottom casing further includes a first fixing member located in the first opening. A part of the hinge is received in the space, and the other part of the hinge protrudes out of the upper casing via the first opening. The dust proof casing includes a cover, and a second fixing member protruding from the cover to cooperate with the first fixing member so as to enable the cover to be assembled to the upper casing, and enable the cover to cooperate with the hinge to seal the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventor: XIAO-HUI ZHOU
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Patent number: 8553395Abstract: A motor control center comprises a plurality of bays in which switchgear components, circuit protective components, automation components and power electronic components are disposed for driving motors and other loads. Network optical conductors are routed through one or more wireways adjacent to the bays. Distribution nodes are coupled to the conductors and are interconnected with respective network terminals within the bays. Components within individual bays for which EtherNet and/or Internet connectivity is desired are coupled to the network terminals. The conductors may comprise plastic optical fibers and may be designed to operate in the relatively high voltage environment of the motor control center bays.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Keith Brian Blodorn, David Lee Jensen
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Patent number: 8511766Abstract: A refrigeration device is provided with a housing having an interior and at least one housing part. The housing and the at least one housing part are interlinked to form a single unit. A sealing profile is arranged in the form of a frame-type structure between surfaces of the walls of the housing facing each other. The sealing profile consists of a compressible foam strand that is provided with a diffusion-inhibiting membrane extending between the surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Irena Sonnenfroh, Jörg Stelzer
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Publication number: 20130200769Abstract: A washer machine for objects, comprises an inner washing chamber, accessed through an aperture associated with a closing device comprising a door cooperating with peripheral edges that delimit said aperture. The closing device comprises a plurality of pneumatic gaskets, each of which is connected to its own pressurized pneumatic means, operatively independent of each other and able to introduce a pressurized fluid inside the respective gaskets, selectively determining a dilated operating condition thereof to achieve the hydraulic seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: STEELCO SPAInventor: STEELCO SPA
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Publication number: 20130200768Abstract: A waterproof structure for an electronic device according to the present invention is provided with a seat formed around the opening of a casing and a packing member fixed to a back surface of a cover, the packing member being brought into tight contact with a seat when the cover is closed. A projection annularly extending and surrounding the opening is formed at the seat of the casing. The packing member includes: a base; a protrusion formed at a surface of the base, the projection being to be brought into press-contact over an entire length of the protrusion when the cover is closed; and a peripheral rib formed at the surface of the base in such a manner as to surround the protrusion, the peripheral rib being to be brought into press-contact with the seat of the casing when the cover is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130193822Abstract: Here is disclosed a nearly air tight storage container for storing goods. The container includes a drawer having walls, an open top and a circumscribing rim surrounding the open top. The container further includes a housing for containing the drawer. The housing has a top wall and opposite side walls. The top wall has an underside with a peripheral rim. The side walls of the housing and the side walls of the drawer permitting the drawer to slide in and out of the housing between an open position and a closed position wherein the drawer is fully contained within the housing. The top wall of the housing is inclined such that when the drawer is in its closed position the top wall of the housing closes off the open top of the drawer with the circumscribing rim of the drawer sealing against the peripheral rim of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventor: Alexandru Nistor
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Patent number: 8454101Abstract: A waterproof assembly for an electronic device includes a watertight door and a case. The watertight door includes a cover, a water absorbing ring, and a water blocking ring. The cover is provided for being disposed into an opening of the case. The water absorbing ring and the water blocking ring are disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the cover and an inner peripheral surface defining the opening. The water absorbing ring includes deformable material and water absorbent, such that the water absorbing ring expands by absorbing water and contacts the inner and outer peripheral surfaces. The water blocking ring is normally compressed and contacts the inner and outer peripheral surfaces. When water penetrating occurs, the water block ring blocks water preliminarily, and then the water absorbing ring block blocks fully water after completely expanding.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Getac Technology CorporationInventor: Hsiu-Yu Kuo
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Publication number: 20130119840Abstract: A housing (1) for devices with at least one module, which is to be protected against penetration of liquids, has at least one cover (2) that is arranged on the top side of the housing (1). A simple and cost-effective production and maintenance is provided by the outer edge areas (4) of the cover (2) having at least one collar (5, 7, 9, 11), which protrudes downwards when cover (2) is closed and has a preferably circumferential drip edge (12). The housing (1) is provided in the edge area of an opening (13) to be closed by the cover (2) with at least one mounting groove (15), which, when the cover (2) is closed, is arranged below the at least one collar (7, 11), such that a liquid dripping from the drip edge (12) falls into the mounting groove (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: DRAGER MEDICAL GMBHInventor: Michael GEY
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Patent number: 8398185Abstract: A side-by-side refrigerator having a door opening device which includes a cabinet and a door to open and close a front surface of the cabinet, the door opening device comprising: a handle which is mounted on a front surface of the door to perform a seesaw motion; and a push kit which is mounted on a side surface of the door to interwork with the handle, wherein a portion on which the handle and the push kit are mounted is formed to be recessed in the door.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong Man Seo
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Publication number: 20130057130Abstract: A gasket and a manufacturing method and injection mold for the same are disclosed herein, in which the gasket includes a body composed of an injection molded product made from a thermoplastic elastomer while having a hollow portion and a circumferential portion enclosing a periphery of the hollow portion, and a lip which protrudes from an edge of the circumferential portion toward the hollow portion. The gasket includes a front surface coming into contact with a door when the gasket is installed in a laundry treatment apparatus and a back surface disposed behind the front surface. The back surface of the lip may be formed with an overflow protrusion during molding of the gasket. The overflow protrusion may be molded later than the lip, thereby preventing generation of poor molding at the front surface of the lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Won KIM, Hong Kon Kim, Jong Won Park, Ye Ho Yang, Young Jae Kim
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Publication number: 20130043777Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to an apparatus and/or system for housing a device. The apparatus includes a housing that is configured such that a device may be fitted within the housing and thereby be protected, such as from shocks and/or liquid. The housing may include top and bottom members that may be removably coupled together so as to form the housing. Each top and bottom member optionally includes front and back surfaces surrounded by a perimeter. The perimeter is defined by proximal and distal ends as well as opposing sides. The top and bottom members may include respective clasping mechanisms that extend along the perimeter of the top and bottom members. The clasping mechanisms are configured for coupling the top and bottom members with one another thereby sealing the housing, for instance, in a shock-proof and/or water tight seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Inventor: GARY RAYNER
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Patent number: 8345421Abstract: A removable cover assembly for sealing an opening of a housing includes a case, a latch, and an elastic member. The latch is movably disposed in the case, and includes a connection portion, a push portion, and a latching portion. The connection portion is disposed along a moving axis. The push portion is disposed at one end of the connection portion and exposed out of the case through an operation hole. The latching portion is disposed at the other end of the connection portion, and has a first position to protrude out of the case through an aperture and a second position to be retracted in the case. The elastic member is disposed in the interior space for pushing the latch along the moving axis, such that the latching portion protrudes out of the case consciously, thereby fixing the removable cover assembly to the housing and sealing the opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Getac Technology CorporationInventor: Kuang-Cheng Tai
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Patent number: 8317280Abstract: A storage compartment comprises a container defining an access aperture closable by a closure that can be sealed to the container around the aperture and that can be opened by relative movement between the container and the closure in a lateral direction with respect to the aperture, the container having a first sealing loop around the aperture and the closure having a second sealing loop co-operable by alignment with the first sealing loop to maintain a seal when the closure closes the aperture. The sealing loops are moved into and out of mutual alignment by said relative movement between the container and the closure and at least one of the sealing loops includes magnetic means for attracting the other of the sealing loops to maintain a seal when the sealing loops are mutually aligned.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Applied Design and Engineering LimitedInventor: Ian David Wood
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Patent number: 8303050Abstract: A display case having a preferably square or rectangular outline and a front (1), a rear (2), an upper (5), a right (3) and a left side face (4), a base (6) or in addition an upper part (14) instead of the upper side face (5), all the side faces or at least a part of the same being formed of panes of glass, the interior being sealed in its lower region with a support surface (7) and the display case being sealed extensively in an airtight manner relative to the external air. The display case being formed from two symmetrical halves (8, 9) which are separated from each other vertically, the base (6) and the possibly present upper part (14) forming a part of the front (1), rear (2), right (3) and left side face (4) and the two halves (8, 9) being able to be moved away from each other or towards each other horizontally and parallel, the support surface (7) being excluded from the movement. Such a display case has no door, access to the interior is nevertheless provided in the open state.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Glasbau Hahn GmbHInventor: Thomas Hahn
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Patent number: 8274782Abstract: A motor control center comprises a plurality of bays in which switchgear components, circuit protective components, automation components and power electronic components are disposed for driving motors and other loads. Network optical conductors are routed through one or more wireways adjacent to the bays. Distribution nodes are coupled to the conductors and are interconnected with respective network terminals within the bays. Components within individual bays for which EtherNet and/or Internet connectivity is desired are coupled to the network terminals. The conductors may comprise plastic optical fibers and may be designed to operate in the relatively high voltage environment of the motor control center bays.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Keith Brian Blodorn, David Lee Jensen
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Patent number: 8172346Abstract: An appliance including a housing have an opening, a drawer having a front side and a back side, the drawer being configured for insertion into the opening, a drawer face coupled to the front side, the drawer face having a gasket circumscribing the drawer face and at least one dimension of the drawer face is smaller than a respective dimension of the opening so as to form a gap between the drawer face and the opening on at least one side of the drawer face, and a transom pivotally mounted to the drawer, the transom being configured to substantially bridge the gap between the drawer face and the opening and sealingly engage the gasket when the drawer is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cory Jerome Tafoya, Bryan W. Snider, Rebecca Eakins
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Patent number: 8141965Abstract: A water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure configured to enclose a plurality of electronic components is provided. The enclosure comprises a base having a channel, a first L-shaped door rotatably attached to a first side edge of the base, a second L-shaped door rotatably attached to a second side edge of the base, a door-to-door seal abutted to a flange on the first L-shaped door, and a compressible base-seal inserted into the channel. The compressible base-seal and the door-to-door seal form a three-surface seal when the first L-shaped door and the second L-shaped door are closed.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Nelson, Michael J. Wayman, Kevin Thompson
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Patent number: 8100486Abstract: A drawer seal includes a magnetic coupler, a bellows filled or substantially filled with a vibration dampening material and which is affixed to either a drawer or cabinet by a base member. The base member can be embodied as a dart that extends into a hole formed into the drawer or cabinet. A refrigerated food storage cabinet includes a self-closing drawer provided with the drawer seal whereby the drawer is less likely to rebound open.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Prince Castle, LLCInventor: Loren Veltrop
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Patent number: 8083302Abstract: A water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure configured to enclose at least one electronic module is provided. The water-resistant and electromagnetic interference shielded enclosure includes a base having a channel, a first L-shaped door rotatably attached to a first edge of the base, a second L-shaped door rotatably attached to a second edge of the base, a flange seal attached to a first flange on the first L-shaped door, and a compressible base-seal inserted into the channel. The compressible base-seal and the flange seal form an enclosure seal when the first L-shaped door and the second L-shaped door are closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Thompson, Michael J. Wayman, Michael J. Nelson
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Patent number: 8083305Abstract: A refrigerator is provided, by which cold air can be effectively prevented from leaking from a storage room. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an opening and a storage room provided therein, a door closing/opening, a sealing part provided to at least one of the door and the refrigerator body to prevent a cold air from leaking from the storage room, and a flow cutoff part provided inside the sealing part to prevent the cold air flowing toward the sealing part from the storage room. Accordingly, by cutting of the cold air leakage together with the sealing part, energy efficiency of the refrigerator can be raised.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jeong Youl Lee, Sang Bae Kim, Suk Hyoun Cho
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Patent number: 8052235Abstract: A storage compartment comprises an external enclosure having an opening and a holding compartment that is capable of being inserted into and withdrawn from the interior of the external enclosure through the opening in the external enclosure. Stored articles are contained within the holding compartment. The external enclosure and the holding compartment have coacting surfaces, and a seal is interposed between those coacting surfaces for sealing off the interior of the holding compartment to the entry of gases when the holding compartment is inserted into the external enclosure and the coacting surfaces of the external enclosure and the holding compartment are brought together in a sealing relationship with the seal. Complementary surfaces at the holding compartment and at the exterior of the external enclosure are in engagement with one another and provide surfaces along which the holding compartment travels when it is inserted into and withdrawn from the interior of the external enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Electrolux Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Paul H. Kelly, Aaron W. Arvia, Edmund Scott Richardson, Kenneth L. Pope, Richard B. Moulder, David A. Simoni
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Publication number: 20110232241Abstract: A front access frame sealing mechanism for filter cassettes comprising at least one pair of posts extending inwardly from opposing sidewalls of a filter cassette housing wherein the posts have a head with a diameter exceeding that of the shaft of the post. At least one camming retainer is mounted adjacent each opposing sidewall about a post wherein each of camming retainer has a cam with a centrally oriented aperture with a diameter greater than the diameter of the post head for mounting about the posts. The cams have a flat portion and a extending handle portion, the flat portion becomes adjacent a sealing channel when in a sealing position. A sealing channel is adjacent each sidewall of the housing with a linear side adjacent front edges of at least one upstream filter cassette and having a channel holding each of the cams.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Keiron O'Connell, Jeffrey T. Deye, Robert C. McNeill
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Patent number: 8006687Abstract: An appliance is disclosed. The appliance includes a main body defining a cavity and an air channel which is in flow communication with an outside of the appliance; an access door supported by the main body for selectively closing the cavity, the access door having an airway in flow communication with the outside of the appliance and the air channel; a fan disposed in the air channel; and an Human Machine Interface disposed on or in the access door. When activated, the fan causes ambient air from the outside of the appliance to pass through the airway before entering the air channel so that the access door is cooled off by the ambient air.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Derek Lee Watkins, James Armstrong, Philip Ames Barber, Jay Andrew Broniak, Steve B. Froelicher, Kevin Scott Laundroche, Michael Paul McGonagle
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Patent number: 7967403Abstract: Provided is a home bar for a refrigerator that reduces assembly costs of a gasket and prevents cooling air leakage by improving a gasket structure of a home bar. The home bar includes an opening, a home-bar frame, a home-bar door, and a gasket. The opening is formed on a refrigerator door. The home-bar frame forms an edge portion of the opening. The home-bar door is rotatably coupled to one end of the home-bar frame. The gasket is coupled to the home-bar frame and surrounds both a front surface and a rear surface of the home-bar frame. The home bar can be easily sealed by preventing cooling air leakage from a storing portion of the home bar. In addition, assembly costs of a gasket and a home-bar frame can be reduced, thereby reducing a fabrication cost of a refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Ung Su Kim
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Patent number: 7934782Abstract: The present invention relates to electrical enclosures having a cabinet and a door connected by hinges and in particular to a hinge which allows a door, while closed, to be flush with a surface that surrounds the perimeter of the cabinet door opening. The hinge system utilizes a spring that pushes the door in a direction that is generally normal to and away from the cabinet, creating a space between the peripheral flange on the door and the surface that surrounds the cabinet door opening thus allowing the door to swing freely as it is opened and closed. The door can be held closed by use of various latching systems. While the door is in the closed position, latches near the hinges will compress the hinge springs, eliminating the space between the door and the cabinet opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Inventor: Steven J. Christie
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Patent number: 7914094Abstract: A storage compartment comprises a container defining an access aperture closable by a closure that can be sealed to the container around the aperture and that can be opened by relative movement between the container and the closure in a lateral direction with respect to the aperture, the container having a first sealing loop around the aperture and the closure having a second sealing loop co-operable by alignment with the first sealing loop to maintain a seal when the closure closes the aperture. The sealing loops are moved into and out of mutual alignment by said relative movement between the container and the closure and at least one of the sealing loops includes magnetic means for attracting the other of the sealing loops to maintain a seal when the sealing loops are mutually aligned.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Applied Design and Engineering LimitedInventor: Ian David Wood
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Patent number: 7901479Abstract: A filter cassette rack and tracks wherein the rack is a three dimensional rectangular rack having at least two opposing open sides, sealing and non-sealing support tracks span the rack providing filter cassette guides and sealing means for a plurality of filter cassettes.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: AAF-McQuay Inc.Inventors: Mike Osborne, Keiron O'Connell, Husheder P. Daruwalla, Joachim Horst Wenzek, Ng Cheah Wei
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Publication number: 20110043973Abstract: A removable cover assembly for sealing an opening of a housing includes a case, a latch, and an elastic member. The latch is movably disposed in the case, and includes a connection portion, a push portion, and a latching portion. The connection portion is disposed along a moving axis. The push portion is disposed at one end of the connection portion and exposed out of the case through an operation hole. The latching portion is disposed at the other end of the connection portion, and has a first position to protrude out of the case through an aperture and a second position to be retracted in the case. The elastic member is disposed in the interior space for pushing the latch along the moving axis, such that the latching portion protrudes out of the case consciously, thereby fixing the removable cover assembly to the housing and sealing the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Kuang-Cheng Tai
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Publication number: 20110037361Abstract: A drawer sealing system includes a drawer cabinet with a face formed with at least one drawer opening and a substantially flat wall surrounding the drawer opening. A drawer has a drawer face plate with a size to cover the entire drawer opening and the flat wall surrounding the drawer opening with its inner wall facing towards the drawer cabinet. A circumferential recess is formed in the inner wall of said drawer face plate, and a gasket is inserted in the recess. The gasket forms a circumferential sealing lip projecting from the inner wall. The recess and the gasket have an outline shape such that the sealing lip comes to lie on the flat wall surrounding the drawer opening when the drawer is closed and to form a closed face seal between the drawer face plate and the drawer cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventor: Earl Covert
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Publication number: 20110018413Abstract: An appliance including a housing have an opening, a drawer having a front side and a back side, the drawer being configured for insertion into the opening, a drawer face coupled to the front side, the drawer face having a gasket circumscribing the drawer face and at least one dimension of the drawer face is smaller than a respective dimension of the opening so as to form a gap between the drawer face and the opening on at least one side of the drawer face, and a transom pivotally mounted to the drawer, the transom being configured to substantially bridge the gap between the drawer face and the opening and sealingly engage the gasket when the drawer is in a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Cory Jerome TAFOYA, Bryan W. SNIDER, Rebecca EAKINS
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Patent number: 7871137Abstract: A seal for a switchgear enclosure is described. The switchgear enclosure includes a case having an opening defined by a face frame the face frame having an inner frame surface along a face frame hinge side and a door for covering the opening. The door includes a door inner surface and a door hinge side pivotally attached to the face frame along the face frame hinge side. The seal includes a sealing member disposed along the door hinge side of the door adjacent the door inner surface and configured for movement substantially perpendicular to the door hinge side between a disengaged position and an engaged position. The sealing member comprises a flange for overlapping at least a portion of an inner surface of the face frame along the face frame hinge side when in the engaged position.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.Inventors: Richard Schulz, Bernd Schmidt, Martin Eiselt
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Publication number: 20110006652Abstract: A drawer seal includes a magnetic coupler, a bellows filled or substantially filled with a vibration dampening material and which is affixed to either a drawer or cabinet by a base member. The base member can be embodied as a dart that extends into a hole formed into the drawer or cabinet. A refrigerated food storage cabinet includes a self-closing drawer provided with the drawer seal whereby the drawer is less likely to rebound open.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: PRINCE CASTLE INC.Inventor: LOREN VELTROP
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Publication number: 20110001408Abstract: A network cabinet fitting system includes a grommet, a corrugated tube fitting assembly and a filler panel. The grommet and the filler panel are installed within an opening of a network cabinet top. The fitting assembly is secured around a corrugated tube and inserted into the grommet to seal the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, Scott R. Hartman
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Patent number: 7819488Abstract: A door opening device decreasing operational stages of a driving motor when opening a door and a refrigerator having the door opening device are disclosed. The door opening device selectively opens a first door and a second door and includes an operating member which selectively pressurizes the first door and the second door to be opened by rotation, a rotating cam including a plurality of protruding portions which contact the operating member to rotate the operating member and a plurality of depressed portions which are spaced apart from the operating member, the protruding portions and the depressed portions being formed alternately along a rotational direction of the rotating cam, a driving motor rotating the rotating cam in a forward direction and a reverse direction, and a return part returning the operating member to an initial position after at least one of the first door and the second door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Hyun Lee, Jin Ho Kim, Jae Koog An, Young seok Cho
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Patent number: 7798584Abstract: A floating mullion that includes a bracket which is designed to be used when two interior doors are used to close off a desired chamber from ambient. The bracket is specially designed to close off the natural gap between the doors. This bracket will allow the opening and sealing of the inner doors without the need for a fixed mullion. The bracket is not limited to sealing two door chambers but may be used on multiple chambers as well.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.Inventor: Ralph Markey
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Patent number: 7784219Abstract: A door opening and closing mechanism in which a door to be attached to a body having an opening is separated from, and made in contact with the periphery of the opening so that the opening is opened and closed, is provided with: a handle that is shaft-supported on the door and allowed to pivot with an operation portion being held; and a lever member that has a supporting portion that is attached to the door so as to freely pivot thereon, a connecting portion that is connected to the handle so as to freely pivot thereon on the same side as the operation portion with respect to the rotation axis of the handle, and a contact portion that is placed on the side opposite to the connecting portion with respect to the supporting portion, and arranged face to face with the periphery of the opening, and in this structure when the operation portion is pulled, the contact portion is allowed to press the body so that the door is separated from the periphery of the opening with a predetermined distance.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Yoshikawa, Wataru Nakahama, Toru Hasegawa
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Patent number: 7766436Abstract: An appliance, appliance panel and a method of assembling an appliance panel are provided in which the appliance panel has an interior side and an exterior side. An overlay panel is positioned on the exterior side of the appliance panel. A fastening device is secured to the overlay panel and extends through the appliance panel at a defined area. A removable and replaceable functional member is attached to the appliance panel and overlies the fastening device at the defined area to prevent the fastening device from being visible during normal use of the appliance.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Allan R. Steinkuhl, Jason R. Yochum
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Patent number: 7744170Abstract: A weather resistant permit display apparatus includes a base, a cover hingedly connected to the base and a permit display panel connected to the base inside of the cover when the cover is in a closed position. A transparent portion of the cover allows a permit mounted on the display panel to be viewed through the closed cover. The display panel may be hingedly connected to the base to provide access to a document bin positioned behind the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Pro-Vent, Inc.Inventor: Jay B. Rutler
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Patent number: 7726754Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerator having two movably connected housing parts that delimit a heat-insulated interior and a seal member that is fastened to a first of the housing parts and contacts the other of the housing parts in an airtight manner in the closed disposition of both housing parts. A lifting element lifts the seal member from a contact surface on the second housing part to permit pressure compensation between the inner chamber and the surroundings of the refrigerator. The lifting element is at least in part formed by a thermally deformable material and, in a first shape thereof, it establishes a sealed contact between the seal member and the contact surface, and in a second state resulting from the effect of heat or cold, it lifts the seal member from the contact surface in order to ensure pressure compensation.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Hans Gerd Keller, Matthias Mrzyglod, Michael Neumann
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Publication number: 20100066221Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture closure for doors, shutters and drawers, in particular for cabinets and the like in the vehicle sector. In order to provide a furniture closure which, while being particularly straightforward to design and produce, ensures sealed and secured closure of doors, shutters (3) and drawers, a profile rail (5) having a seal (6), a grip strip and a locking element (7) is arranged along the peripheral region thereof and can be pivoted about a horizontal axis (23). The seal (6) has a spring force which retains the locking element (7) in the closure position and can be compressed for the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2007Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventor: Fritz Hakemann
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Publication number: 20090158886Abstract: A front access frame sealing mechanism for filter cassettes comprising at least one pair of posts extending inwardly from opposing sidewalls of a filter cassette housing wherein the posts have a head with a diameter exceeding that of the shaft of the post. At least one camming retainer is mounted adjacent each opposing sidewall about a post wherein each of camming retainer has a cam with a centrally oriented aperture with a diameter greater than the diameter of the post head for mounting about the posts. The cams have a flat portion and a extending handle portion, the flat portion becomes adjacent a sealing channel when in a sealing position. A sealing channel is adjacent each sidewall of the housing with a linear side adjacent front edges of at least one upstream filter cassette and having a channel holding each of the cams.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Keiron O'Connell, Jeffrey T. Deye, Robert C. McNeill
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Patent number: 7543897Abstract: A door opening prevention device is provided for a refrigerator. Stoppers are provided on both sides of a stopper plate provided on a ceiling of a refrigerating chamber. First and second doors for selectively opening and closing the refrigerating chamber are provided with catching hooks, respectively. When the first door and the second door close the refrigerating chamber, by allowing the catching hooks to be caught by the stoppers, the first and second doors are prevented from being inadvertently opened. In addition, a leaf spring 61 is provided which provides the catching hooks with an elastic force that prevents the catching hooks from being inadvertently detached from the stoppers in a state in which the catching hooks are caught to the stoppers this structure prevents during the opening and closing operation of any one of the doors the other door from being opened.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Young-Nam Kim
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Patent number: 7332698Abstract: A microwave oven including a component compartment and a cooking compartment each including a discharging part to discharge air in the cooking compartment through the cooking compartment through portion; a supplying fan introducing the air to the component compartment through portion to cool the component compartment; a discharging fan introducing the air in the cooking compartment to the discharging part through the cooking compartment through portion; a fan motor between the supplying fan and the discharging fan to operate the supplying fan and the discharging fan; and an interfering part to interfere with the fan assembly when at least one of the supplying fan and the discharging fan is not in a predetermined position corresponding to the component compartment through portion and the discharging part.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-wook Cho, Kwang-il Yang
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Patent number: 7204568Abstract: A sealing structure for a refrigerator is provided. The structure includes a gasket formed at a door of the refrigerator and at least two air pockets provided in the gasket. There is at least one connector, which separates the at least two air pockets from each other, and first convection cut-off members provided inside of the at least two air pockets. Additionally, the seal structure includes an inner case provided at an interior side of the refrigerator; a door liner, which lines the door, provided at an interior side of the refrigerator; and an air dam provided between the inner case and the door liner. Further, second convection cut-off members are provided in the air dam.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hyoung Keun Lim, Yang Gyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Chan Ho Chun, Youn Seok Lee
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Patent number: 7188570Abstract: An embodiment of an enclosure for electrical equipment is described. The enclosure has a back part arranged to be mounted to a fixed support and having an open front, and a front part having an open back, arranged to contain electrical equipment, and hinged to the back part. A latch is mounted within one of the back and front parts, and is arranged to latch the front part and the back part closed. A key-operated control on the front of said front part permits a user to release the latch only by use of a key.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Middle Atlantic Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert Schluter, Richard King, Nico Corbo
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Patent number: 7147292Abstract: The present invention relates to an obturator for a refrigerator for cutting off heat or cool air transferred to and from a refrigerator. The present invention is comprised of a door gasket having an air bag that is transformed and rotated freely, and a projecting portion that is projected from at least one of the inner case and the refrigerator door liner, so that inflow of heat from outside or from a hot-line, into an inside of the refrigerator and leakage of the inside cool air of the refrigerator to the outside, are cut off or minimized and insulation performance is improved remarkably.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Myung Ryul Lee, Seong Jae Kim, Young Ju Ha, Ching Ho Lee